[Framers] TGIF: Longest Trial License Ever

[Alan Litchfield]

hah. Nice :)

Bug fix out in two days ;)

Alan

On 17/03/16 4:37 am, Michael Heine wrote:
> Well -
> here's a funny one for the weekend. The mainboard on my Wintel box
> flamed out, so I had to replace with an identical copy. Win 7 as
> expected, demanded reactivation. Fine. This done, I fired up Photoshop -
> it opined that I was running a CS 6 trial install now, with 00 days left
> (those zeros in pretty coloured squares, you know). Then I fired up
> Framemaker 2015. Between one mainboard and another, it had reached the
> conclusion that I was running it in trial mode now as well, but the
> trial period it gave me 32757 days, if memory serves. Such unexpected
> generosity left me wanting more, so I fired up Frame 12, still
> installed, and it shared its 2015 counterpart's opinion down to the day.
> Who knew Frame was obsessed with mainboards.
> Even my feeble math tells me that those 32757 or so days amount to 89
> years plus. I am inclined to take the offer. When it expires, I'll have
> to upgrade to Frame 2104, of course. I hope someone'll keep a tab of the
> version differences. And I will be needing a manual in pdf, probably
> Distillered on version CXXXIII. Don't forget to embed the fonts.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>

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