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<BODY background="" bgColor=#ffffff>Nicholas,<BR><BR> It's
probably best to check directly with Equis Customer Service for their policy on
previously owned software. I've always known Equis to be fair and
equitable in Customer Service areas, but I do not know their present policy on
such matters. <BR><BR> In the past I am aware of
circumstances where Equis simply required the seller write a letter (to Equis
and the buyer) stating that the seller fully relinquishes the Equis software
liscense and materials to the buyer and that the seller no longer retains copies
of the software in any form. <STRONG>BUT, </STRONG>this may not be the case now,
and even if Equis still allows this, I could foresee that for the new buyer
where future upgrade pricing could potentially be different for the new
owner than it would for the old seller. <BR><BR> Fwiw,
Omega rather effectively makes it pointless to buy their used
software. When I looked into buying a used copy of TradeStation 4.0
& 2000i, Omega told me in no circumstances would they support
the software and I would not be eligible for upgades. The seller told me
he had worked a private deal with an Omega rep (I checked and the person he knew
was an employee of Omega) where I could buy the software and then simply use the
seller's name for tech support instead of my own name. When it came to
upgrades, <ahem> the seller would have to order them for me under his
original credit card number, the software would be sent to his address
first, then he would send it to me. And of course all of this was supposed
to be off the record... and still is. <g> That was my experience
with Omega. Frankly, I'd rather pay full price for any software, than
stoop to those sorts of levels. It's just better for everyone involved to do the
right thing. But that was Omega. Imo, Equis is a superior
company. Plus, I'm sticking with MetaStock. <BR><BR>Frank
McClendon<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: Nicholas Kormanik
<nkormanik@xxxxxxxxxx><BR>To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx><BR>Sent:
Sunday, November 21, 1999 12:09 AM<BR>Subject: Ebay MetaStock Sale Question
<BR><BR><BR>> <BR>> Seeing my (slow) progress, my brother now wants a copy
of MetaStock.<BR>> Someone earlier on this thread suggested looking over on
Ebay. I did, and<BR>> found several copies of MetaStock 6.5 for sale
starting at around $130 (and<BR>> then getting bid up a bit). I think
one of these would make a nice<BR>> Christmas present for him.<BR>>
<BR>> My question is, if I buy one of these packages for him, will he be able
to<BR>> register it, and be the official owner, so that he will be able to
upgrade<BR>> to version 7.0, or whatever, if he wants to?<BR>> <BR>> If
what we're buying is just someone's past software after they've upgraded<BR>>
to a newer version, and there is no accompanying registration, then I'd
have<BR>> no interest in pursuing it. That probably wouldn't even be
legal.<BR>> <BR>> Any suggestions?<BR>> <BR>> Thanks,<BR>>
Nicholas<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> </BODY></HTML>
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Guy,
I don't remember asking you this before so I apologize if I am
asking twice, I know there have been some messages about this in the
last few months... what are you using for security for your cable modem
and network (zone alarm)? And where do you get "Gator"?
For awhile I wouldn't allow cookies, but that effectively gives you
carpal tunnel in one hour from clicking on the many cookies that are
required just to load and read through web pages to get news, etc.
People I know concerned about security simply do not connect a computer
with sensitive information on it to the internet, period.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: Guy Tan <grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 1:04 PM
Subject: RE: HTML on the List
Hi Chris
Now you know why Glen and I use all the security stuff we use. Intuit
isn't
the only one to use these techniques. Some of my security software is
always asking me whether xyz should have access to the Internet. I use
Gator to keep track of and handle all of my passwords. Now, when I
first
started using it, Zone Alarm would ask me whether it should have
Internet
access. I have denied them access and have made this permanent.
All I can say is, if you're using a cable modem or DSL for Internet
access
without a firewall and/or other protection, you really need to do some
research.
Guy
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Christian Baude
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 7:58 AM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: HTML on the List
Ever wonder how you get spammed!
>From the Tasty Bits web site:
++ Sneaky customer tracking by email.
7:27:33 PM
Scot E. Wilcoxon notes that he got an email from TurboTax -- so far
so innocent, he uses their software. It was titled "Priority
Announcement for TurboTax Customers." At the bottom of the email
was
a link to an image:
src="http://info.turbotax.com/images/blankpixel.gif/Key=8910.Uhy.C87jIw";
If your email client is set to display HTML, then TurboTax knows
that you've read their email -- your browser displays a one-pixel
invisible graphic and the "Key=" records your identity in their Web
log. No cookies involved.
Moral: if you care who knows what you read, then stop your email
client from interpreting HTML.
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Response from Intuit:
From: _bruce_lee_@xxxxxxxxxx
Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.financial.quicken
Subject: Re: A very sneaky Intuit web trick!
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 18:54:47 GMT
Organization: Intuit Inc
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>From Intuit:
"We take your privacy (as well as every customer's) very seriously at
Intuit and would never want to do anything to jeopardize or compromise
the relationship we have with you. Your trust in us is crucial to the
continued success of our tax business and keeping your trust is also
personally very important to me.
With regard to the e-mail you received from us, it is true that the
technology we use enables our email program to know whether your email
program can read HTML messages. We do this so we can send you messages
formatted appropriately for your email program. If your email program
recognizes the HTML "flag" in the file, we can send you emails in HTML
format that includes formatting, graphics, etc. Otherwise, the absence
of this "flag" tells us we have to send you plain text-not a very
attractive way of sending messages. The technology we use is pretty
standard in the industry.
It is important to note that we do NOT collect any further information
from these e-mails. Your personal information, activities, etc. are
never tracked and we have no intention of ever doing so. Please
accept my apology for alarming you."
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Interestingly enough, you'll notice that Intuit WEB tech support uses
Agent. I wonder why?
-÷ Chris ß ÷-
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