Bert,
I don't think you said anything the rest of us have not said. I personally do not think your opinion collides with mine. My main contention about this whole EULA thing is the threat of AC self-destructing before my eyes, taking with it all of my laboriously entered patient information, just because I failed to pay a yearly update fee. There are many, many software programs which I have purchased and still currrently run but have not felt inclined to update because the updates are of no added benefit to me (Quicken is a good example here). I have no problem with expecting to pay a yearly update fee if I in fact believe the updates are just that...updates, improvements in the program I originally purchased. I also have no problem either paying a yearly support fee or a "pay-as-I-go" support fee. I do have a serious problem however with the notion my current program can be inactivated per a built-in timed-out feature or at the whim of the seller.
So there. I really do not think we disagree. I even agree with you that the EULA being posted as a WIKI is kind of silly, especially when Jon has this terrific forum where the ideas of the current users can be sought.
And, in the end, this whole discussion may be for naught should the CCHITT proposal succeed. We may then all be out of business.
Leslie
