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Originally Posted by pwg
But when I install the license on a copy on my laptop it KILLS the license on my desktop as soon as the two computers find each other on the wireless network.
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2007-08-01, 01:48 AM
Thanks, Ken. I was not aware of the 'quit both' requirement. I'd quit one but the other would remain unlicensed.
I still think this is an unnecessary annoyance. I'm paying (and am inclined to go on paying) for the only non-free browser I know. I want it to cut me some slack for possibly non-infringing use when OBVIOUSLY I have at least one license.
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Member
2007-08-04, 10:11 AM
I agree. It only annoys paying customers; I have 2 machines side-by-side; I am the only one using both of them, yet if both machines have OW open, I get this anti-piracy message. That sucks. All it does is make me use OW less.
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Or perhaps it could just be like Adobe's apps where it can be running, and even used on two machines at once, but the apps continue running just fine. On a side note, personally I bought the family pack when it was on sale last November so I could put OW on my wife's machine and all my other machines and not have to worry about this. I never quit anything.
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Member
2007-08-06, 05:43 AM
I am not completely sure, but I seem to remember that if I was using OW at my Powerbook at work (or any other network) and leave the program open, get home were OW is also running on a G4 and I open my Powerbook it doesn't complain. But indeed starting up OW on one computer while open on the other the licence warning comes into play...
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2007-08-30, 09:07 PM
Same problem here. I use OW at work, on a desktop and a laptop, and there are times when I've left it running on my desktop and am away from my office but need to launch it on the laptop…Drove me batty enough that I purchased a second license (during a time when they were on sale). Must put me in a rather small clan.
Before resorting to that, though, I wrote to Omni support about the problem. Whoever answered me (sorry I don't seem to have saved the message--wish I had) acknowledged that it was problematic and suggested that it might be fixed in an upcoming version. That was quite a while ago now, at least one or maybe two iterations. Sure, the other workaround is to use a tarted-up version of Safari 3 or Firefox in that situation. But there's a reason I prefer to use OW in the first place! Perhaps it would help if those of us with this problem add it to the new feature requests. If we all chime in, perhaps they'll hear us.
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2007-09-17, 03:44 PM
Personally, I don't have a problem the OW licensing policy. I bought OW 4 productivity pack license back in early days of OS X. I was impressed with the concept of OW and it's cocoa goodness, but I wasn't thrilled with it's overall compatibility. OW 5 and 5.5 has delivered and I bought an ind. license and than a family pack. It's true there are lots of free browsers that are good, but I think OW is worth paying for.
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