NAVIS is extremely difficult to liscense and even harder to change. We use it extensively and have learned from our mistakes. We had bought liscenses that were permanately installed on a particular computer. We have actually had to strip hard drives out and replace them from tower to tower and copy everything else off of the the original hard drive. We bought network liscenses which makes it easier at the office. Since AutoDesk has bought NAVIS, their liscensing may become easier. A few of us just finished BETA testing 2009, the first AutoDesk release. I have been told by our IT that the liscensing is much better.
Tony Paulin wrote:
> RE: Dongle Days
>
> It is unfortunate that valid users of software pay for the rampant
> misuse (piracy) by "some". If "some" means that pirated software
> accounts for more than half of a particular programs use, most people
> would agree that security needs to be improved or changed, which often
> means that the developer must be more aggressive. In some recent cases
> with engineering software, piracy has been shown to account for more
> than half a programs use in certain areas of the world. The federal
> government is getting very much involved in the software piracy issue -
> time will tell.
>
> Most people are honest by their own standards although user's and
> software companies often have a different appreciation for what is
> "honest," even though both standards are based on optimizing revenue in
> a capitalistic environment.
All I really want is to be able to run software I've paid for on different computers (never on more than one computer at a time). Locking software to a hard drive serial number prevents this, and what happens if I buy a new computer/the drive crashes?
I purchased Navisworks JetStream ($1200+) over a year ago and installed it on my home machine. I later wanted to run it on my laptop for a trip to Seattle, so I had to contact NavisWorks to have them authorize the license for use on the laptop (so the program no longer works on the home desktop).
The laptop is a MacBook which has Windows XP installed on a partition via Parallels, and Jetstream installed on the partition. Somehow the partition got corrupted, so I can no longer access JetStream because the software is apparently locked to the hard drive.
A support ticket to NavisWorks has gone unanswered, so I'm not a happy camper.
Paul
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Received on Fri Apr 11 15:29:00 2008
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