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That's one of the reasons you're the first place I check for answers, Leo. Keep up the integrity!
Posted by: Todd Helmkamp at March 16, 2009 11:53 AMDamn right.
Also worth noting that cracks and key generators put you at risk of viruses and spyware.
Great advise!
"If you've decided that you want to keep using it then the right thing to do is to spend the money and buy it."
I dont know. I'm not advocating trying to crack a piece of software to keep using it, but just because a software may be decent enough to keep using if it was free, doesnt always mean its good enough to be worth paying for it when the time comes.
17-Mar-2009
"[J]ust because a software may be decent enough to keep using if it was free, doesnt always mean its good enough to be worth paying for it when the time comes."
Translation: You don't think it's worth the price they're asking.
Solution: Find a legal copy at a discounted price that you this is "worth it", or use something else.
Posted by: Ken B at March 17, 2009 8:34 AMI'm pretty sure that people who want to know how to continue using software for free, even after the trial period expires, would throw a fit if their employer asked them to work without pay.
18-Mar-2009
I do agree with your statement!
But! there should be better offers on the cost of software. before my retirement I spent a lot of money of my own and various companies to whom I was a consultant. Now as a pensioner I can no longer run some of that software because of their cost. Surely companies like MS Adobe HP etc should have the decency to allow much cheaper purchases of their software.
"I'm sorry, this Toyota Prius is too expensive, you should sell it at half that price because I can't afford it" doesn't make sense ... why is software any different?
18-Mar-2009
Right.. I, as a developer, completely agree with the ethical standpoint. That said, I have cheated trial periods in the past when I was wanting to test software for which I did not have a frequent need and the trial was limited by time. Ultimately, the result was the same. I either paid for it or didn't use it.
In personal practice, I'll go quite out of my way to find (and support) FOSS solutions.
Posted by: George Larson at March 17, 2009 9:02 AMLet's just hope that this guy will try to edit his registry....without making a backup copy!!
Posted by: Ed C at March 17, 2009 9:07 AMIt does not take a whole lot of inventiveness to fool a 30 day trial.
That being said, I whole-heartedly believe in paying for what you use. However, I never have enough time to learn a program in 30 days (not to the level I like). I would like to see many programs I use in my professional life available for personal 'educational' use.
But, this is not the way of the world. So, open source everything!!
Posted by: Andrew Johnson at March 17, 2009 9:17 AMI have been a user of trial software many times & I say, I personally agree with leo. If it's good enough to want it that bad, Then just buy it.
PS. Although I know how to reconfigure my registry, "I DO NOT" advocate doing so.
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