> -----Original Message-----
> From: Birket Foster [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 11:03 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: A No for SSConfig
>
>
> Most intelligent software vendors have a disaster recovery
> process which
> allows for keeping the customers alive - our issue is that
> our software was
> in some large companies who abused the trust we had and were
> running on
> unlicensed machines - our process was derived from necessity
> so that we can
> fund the millions of $ that it takes to keep R&D ahead of the
> technology
> curve.
>

Unfortunately some of my current software vendors do not appear to fit your
description since they can barely get me a temporary key for disaster
recovery testing. I am not willing to bet my company on the "intelligence"
of a 3rd party vendor being able to supply me with a new key after they go
out of business.

> Frankly this is for the most part a tempest in a teacup - I
> doubt if there
> are more than a handful of incidents that the SS Config would
> ever be needed
> for in each of the next 10 years.
>

This is of course from the viewpoint of a vendor.