>>I have Mach 3 and BobCad 20 if you need them !!!
>>Just contact me and I will get them to you at NO charge !!!
Hi, Im Art, the Author of Mach3. Ive worked very hard to keep Mach3's price low enough for hobbiests and small companies such as Cue Makers. To see one give my work away so easily is disturbing. Two things to keep in mind. First, we usually hear about a copy given away, so many contact us for support and upgrades, or send us their xml files that we see duplications in the license code. When that occurs, we turn off that license for future upgrades, this means the original licensed owner then is turned off and has lost his/her license. He has to buy a new one to upgrade. Id love to do this here, ( whats your license name Ed? ). And we do get reports about postings such as this one, where someone has no class and decides to give away what is not theirs to give. ( Its how I arrived here..)
Second, each time you do this, you pretty much guarentee that others will pay more, Mach3 is said to be worth allot more than is charged, Id appreciate it if you helped us keep it low by suggesting others buy it. If you really need to pirate a lousy 159.00 out of a system you have 15000.00 invested in, its kinda pathetic. But I am curious, if one walks through your shop, will you give freely any Cue they find they like.. or do you expect to get paid for it? Allow us the same freedom. I could easily have made it a dongle program, thus making everyones life difficult, the program more expensive and all to stop deadbeats who will spend 300.00 on a motor, but rip of a 159.00 program for some weird reason.
Lastly, take note that if the program license is sensed as duplicated, ( and you never know from version to version ), Then some very weird things can happen to your cut, so youll never know if you messed up, or if it was on purpose internally. Ive had some interesting conversations about "errors" with some people, only to find out pirated licenses were in use. The fact they had the gall to ask for support with a pirated license is besides the point, their work was ruined, and I had little pity. A license is cheap, your material usually isnt..
My thanks to those that pointed out the illegality of that practice, and I hope Ed, you havent upgraded in some time, you may get a nasty surpise someday when you do.
Art F.
Author of Mach3. ( And I suspect Mach4 will take a dongle.. pity..)
