Re: RE: [spam] Secondhand Engineering Software

I was wondering what the spam alert was about.

>Given the huge cost of software I beleive this has to change.
>there are a few sites and i asked Paul once about buying from them
These are pirate sites. If you're running a company you can find yourself in pretty deep sauce if the developer goes after you. The price of engineering software really is outrageous, and one-holers like me are stuck. I can't possibly afford an ANSYS license--I just don't bill enough FEA work in a year to cover the fee. ANSYS doesn't even sell you a license--in effect they rent it. The user is stuck with an annual charge to keep the program running. If you go through a distributor, you can sometimes get a license transferred, but the price is usually another year's service agreement.

>This is a heck of a deal... trouble is the software needs an Authorization
>Code. Often you see COSMOS for sale ... same thing. My guess is the seller
>doesnt care , he's given you the prgm and got his money.
It's tempting to get a cracked version, but it isn't much use. Pirates are thieves. They steal the software they're flogging, and there's no reason to believe they won't steal the customer's money, too. No way to catch the bastards.

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___________________________| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864)