I cannot sit by and watch my friend treated like that. First, of all, he clearly stated he was joking when he stated it would blow up. Also, it was my idea to do the blog of a newbie. This pertained to setting up AC and NOT to being a newbie of a doctor. I would put Adam up against anyone as a doctor.
As far as his talking about his personal issues, while I agree it may not be completely apropos to the discussion, to even comment on it is in poor taste. It was a great personal loss and possibly that was his way of coping with it. If you think it was not germane to the discussion, then just let it go.
Now, I wouldn't step on any toes except Paul invited me to pick a side of the fence. I am not sure exactly where I stood before, but at this point in time, the EULA just doesn't bother me. With the caveat that maybe I am missing something between the lines (and I have read several EULAs), I think that what Jon promised in the past must apply to any versions at that time. I do think that any owner/CEO or whatever of a company has a right to change their way of doing business. Since bringing in other companies seems to be popular here, then Microsoft seems to be a good example. If you recall, Microsoft Windows 2000 was the last OS that could be installed to multiple computers. After this, all OSs had to be activated so that it could only be used once (twice if you had a laptop). I really don't want to go back and look at their 20 page EULAs, but did it say that they had the right to change to an activation system?
I think the bottom line here is everyone has a choice. Jon has the choice of changing his business model to a subcription service and the users have the choice of not upgrading to the latest version. And, I suppose there is a second option, but I won't list it here.
Certainly, anyone has a right to continue talking about the EULA or any other topic here. My intention is not to change this thread into something similar to EMRUpdate, but I just wonder how much good this EULA discussion is going to do in the end.
