sometimes i get the feeling companies KNOW
that there software is "abused" by the normal pc consument.
they make trials, wich you have to enter a "code" to upgrade the software from trial to full version.
i mean why do this risk?
because if 1 person distributes his code on the net, everybody else could upgrade there trial versions for free!
i call that plain stupid. why not make a trial wich can't by unlocked with a simple code,
but a kind of (unique)upgrade patch has to be downloaded to unlock the trial??
(it's still not water proof i know, but it makes it a bit harder)

the biggest laugh i got was with norton antivirus.
i installed there trialversion from there website.
after a few mouths, the update program said the trial was finished. and no more new virusdefinition will be downloaded by the program.
(wich is nessery for a anti virus program ofcourse.)

so for the fun of it i changed my system clock a few years back and tried to upgrade it again. and gess what? it works... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />



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