Re: Strip -- and hack/crack security
Re: Strip -- and hack/crack security
- Subject: Re: Strip -- and hack/crack security
- From: "Andy O'Meara" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:37:16 -0500
- Thread-topic: Strip -- and hack/crack security
On 2/7/06 7:54 PM, "Markus Hitter" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Am 06.02.2006 um 23:57 schrieb Andy O'Meara:
>
>> For the folks here that make end-user software that think that
>> their pirate
>> userbase is an insignificant number, think again. Try googling ...
>
> How can you count pirated uses of your software based on the number
> of cracks available?
>
I was just trying to raise some awareness. However, to address your
objection, our company does have exacts stats that we use to project our
piracy rate (more specifically, our piracy attempt rate)--we actually have
two independent methods of projecting this data. If anyone here is
interested, I'd be willing to share our gleanings and methods from over the
years.
> What makes you think every pirated use is a lost sales?
>
Um, I never said that. But please appreciate the age-old saying, "a lock on
a chest keeps honest people honest". In my past 6 years of doing shareware,
this saying is very accurate and appropriate (and from, admittedly, days
when I was younger).
>
> I hope you put enthusiasm similar to your hacker prevention efforts
> into developing a good business model / licensing sheme.
Wouldn't ya know it--I sure do... And thanks for the business advice! Glad
to hear that you're willing offer up your negativity and not able to address
any of the points that I raised in my previous post. I checked out your
domain... I'm sure there's millions of end-users dying to pirate industrial
and scientific CAD/CAM software.
Please, however, let me know if you have any comments
that relate to the technical contents of my original post.
Regards,
Andy
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