Byron,
I agree. The dongle is just a hassle. We want to use the software on
diffferent machines, not by different users. We have to use it on our
track laptop, then download it to the office, and if I really want to
study, I want to used it at home. When I am at one place, the dongle is at
the other. The result is I just don't use the software. If you remember
one of my previous posts, you felt that I should get more familiar with the
software and that it would do everything that I wanted... this is one of
the reasons I don't use the software as much as I would like. I think you
want us to use the software and get dependent on it and recommend it to
others.
I suspect the math doesn't pay either; calculate what you lose by hassled
customers, the cost of the dongle, the risk of damage to a laptop at the
track, and compare that to the risk that someone is pirating your software.
Very few users today would use the software that didn't buy the cube.
That is where you make your money, not in a dongle. Repackage your
hardware and software. Quite frankly, the GEEZ and gLogger hardware is
almost useless without the software, why sell them seperately?
-Dr. Bob Woods
University of Texas at Arlington
Formula SAE A-mod driver
At 03:53 PM 5/17/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Byron, you really need to rethink this dongle nonsense. My new laptop has
no parallel port on it.
>It has a prallel port on the docking station, but I really don't want to
have to lug that around with me.
>
>It get's worse. If I undock my laptop, then redock it, GEEZ fails to
recognize the dongle unless I reboot.
>I recognise the need to protect your IP and investment, but not to the
extent of user aggravation that a dongle provides.
>
>"Real" software companies gave up on dongles way back in the 20th century!
Am I the only person who thinks that the GEEZ dongle
>needs go the way of the dinosaur, or am I overreacting?
>
>Graeme
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