CompuServe Messages

John, Obviously the legal beagles advising Warm and Fuzzy have been bending their ear to be more protective in their disclaimers, but the main thrust of the product from it's introduction was it's ability to run Lightwave without the Toaster. Even if it's not "offered" as part of their current ad pitch, it's an assumed capability. Anyone clever enough to deal with 3-D spacial conceptions should be able to "connect the dots". What's most curious to me is the apparent "hole" in Newtek's ozone layer (their licensing agreement prior to 3.1) that allowed the Warm and Fuzzy product to exist in the first place. From what I can tell, LEGALLY LightRave was well within their rights to market the product to registered users of Lightwave. Now Newtek's new and improved cloud cover encompasses those who would dare to use the software without the Toasterboard itself. I guess we still have a fundemental disagreement about the concept of site licensing. The way I propose it's implementation, would allow the user to pay a seperate fee for each Amiga system BEYOND the primary unit which has the installed Toaster. This is a departure from unbundling Lightwave completely, but allows for mini farms at a reasonable cost for the user. BTW, I spoke recently to someone in Newtek marketing about the idea, and I sense that there are those inside the organization that are in favor of site licensing, but no difinitive policy other than to "SUE THE B*ST*RDS" who steal. <g> Actually, there seems to be a glimmer of hope now that the restructuring has created a new breed of Hype called "positive up talking", replacing the hullabaloo hype now missing by virtue of Montgomery's departure. Incedently, predictions concerning news of "tidal Wave" proportions at NAB were eluded to. As in the past I will be keenly looking forward to hearing the latest as soon as it happens. Frank