>>It used to be that the license was for using software like a 'like a book.' I could have it on two PCs if I couldn't/didn't use them at the same time. I could give-sell it to another if I didn't retain any copies (which would be pirating). When this unethical and immoral form of licensing spreads to other forms of products perhaps, maybe, people will wake up stop acting like sheeple.
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>I don't know if its unethical and immoral. It's a company doing what it feels neccessary to protect it's stockholders. You made your choice not to buy. That's fine. I just hope you made your choice because of product quality, service, features, etc., and not because Borland has taken steps to protect itself from pirates and the like. Imagine being the CEO at Borland: Gotta take care of the stockholders and at the same time you don't want to disenfranchise the law biding customers. What a deal.


"Taken steps to protect itself from pirates and the like..."

I know what built Borland's base; a quality product at a reasonable price protected by a license that offered mutual respect and trust. Now, it seems, the vendors think everyone is a pirate, their product quality is inversely proportional to their corporate greed, and the "licenses" are draconian, but rely mainly on the fact that most customers don't have the financial resources to fight them in court. Not only will I not supply the vasoline, I won't bend over for that.

For someone who made a living using Borland products and was a devoted fan of their tools, and I was six months ago when I reviewed Kylix on UT. But, I've been forced into a 180 attitude. (I was a fan of Microsoft products, too. I have a tee shirt with "Midnite Madness" on it, and you know what you had to do to get one of those.) My disgust didn't come all at once. The change was triggered after a build up of six months of 'support' on the Borland Kylix newsgroup, the rolling of fixes into an 'upgrade' that comes with a healthy price tag, and now the draconian license terms. A dekstop monopolist can do what they want because folks don't have a choice, but Borland doesn't have a monopoly, and I have other choices. They don't trust me, I don't trust them. I can live without them. I'm returning to KDevelop + QT widgets as my Linux GUI RAD tool.
JLK