Pirated WebCat? NOT...
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texte = Well, thanks to some ill prepared sales id10t, I got a call from my ISP threatening to shut down my server because of what seems to be a pirated WebDNA license. After an hour of calming them down on the phone, assuring them that I really do own this, and even offering to fax them my American Express bill to prove it, they tuned it down to just a stern lecture about pirated software on their networks/servers.I am at a loss of words, being so pissed off about this, that I am almost tempted to dump this product and go back to ASP. . .Something that also bothers me is the apparent ability that Smith Micro has to retrieve the Serial number from my server. . .what else can you retrieve? If you can get this, can you read database files and decrypt credit card numbers too? Let me know and try to convince me that you can't. . .You think I should bill SM for the hour I wasted + cell phone minutes?For your reading enjoyment, here is a copy of the email, with the LEGAL WebCat SN removed: -----Original Message----- From: Doug Deck [mailto:DDeck@smithmicro.com] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 11:23 AM To: ssmith@publichost.com Subject: WebDNA License questionWe are trying to track down what seems to be a pirated WebDNA license hosted at:IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX Hostname: robot1 Key: WCAT-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXXYour contact information is listed as associated with this address according to a 'whois' search. If you have any information regarding this license- where purchased, who it belongs to, etc- we would greatly appreciate it.Thank you, DougEvolve your eBusiness ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Doug Deck Director, Sales & Marketing Internet.Software.Solutions | 949-362-2326 - Direct | 949-389-1732 - Fax | ddeck@smithmicro.com
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Well, thanks to some ill prepared sales id10t, I got a call from my ISP threatening to shut down my server because of what seems to be a pirated WebDNA license. After an hour of calming them down on the phone, assuring them that I really do own this, and even offering to fax them my American Express bill to prove it, they tuned it down to just a stern lecture about pirated software on their networks/servers.I am at a loss of words, being so pissed off about this, that I am almost tempted to dump this product and go back to ASP. . .Something that also bothers me is the apparent ability that Smith Micro has to retrieve the Serial number from my server. . .what else can you retrieve? If you can get this, can you read database files and decrypt credit card numbers too? Let me know and try to convince me that you can't. . .You think I should bill SM for the hour I wasted + cell phone minutes?For your reading enjoyment, here is a copy of the email, with the LEGAL WebCat SN removed: -----Original Message----- From: Doug Deck [mailto:DDeck@smithmicro.com] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 11:23 AM To: ssmith@publichost.com Subject: WebDNA License questionWe are trying to track down what seems to be a pirated WebDNA license hosted at:IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX Hostname: robot1 Key: WCAT-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXXYour contact information is listed as associated with this address according to a 'whois' search. If you have any information regarding this license- where purchased, who it belongs to, etc- we would greatly appreciate it.Thank you, DougEvolve your eBusiness ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Doug Deck Director, Sales & Marketing Internet.Software.Solutions | 949-362-2326 - Direct | 949-389-1732 - Fax | ddeck@smithmicro.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Try Evolving your communication strategy. . .Rob --------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Blair 1536 Coolcrest Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Home 719.579.9442 rblair@robietherobot.com Cell 719.930.9571 AIM- roblair1 FAX 208.485.0397 Lat: 38.769719 Lon: -104.799829 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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