Need MakeCD Registration Replaced - Can't contact Authors

[klesterjr]

@doctorq

To follow your example, your point would be that the car manufactorer would be responsible for replacing the broken key for free.

In this case the MakeCD registration code is the broken key, and the authors of MakeCD are the car manufactorer. Again, the authors aren't responsible to recover the lost registration codes for the customers.

You are apparently to thickheaded to understand, so I won't even bother any more...

So your contention is that if you've lost your key, you must buy a new car?

I don't follow your logic. I suppose a nominal fee for generating a new key might be in order (to use your car analogy), but replacing the whole thing?

[klesterjr]

So . . .

You lose the key to your $30,000 car -- you pay $2 for a new key.

You lose the key to your $70 piece of software -- you pay $70?

I'm sure you're a nice guy, but there's a forest out there, dude. :-)

P.S. I lost my registration number to Ibrowse a few years back (similar situation) and was sent a new one for free. I can't imagine any company that wants repeat customers not doing the same.

[klesterjr]

@doctorq

Even though I'm beginning to suspect you're diliberatly messing with me now, I'll take the bait this one last time . . .

MakeCD is FREE? Cost of looking up a serial number is $70?

First -- MakeCD is NOT free -- it's commercial. Just because you're being "allowed" to test-drive it doesn't mean you OWN it.

Second -- While there certainly ARE costs associated with looking up a serial number, no company in their right mind would charge you for it (including Microsoft).

While you DO have a point in a "hard-line/no exceptions" sort of way -- it would be extremely bad business to follow that philosophy (unless you're selling soup, of course! ;-))