Re: 8051 C Compiler

Chris Hills wrote:


I'm afraid I can't trust that they'll be co-operative if I need to move my license from one PC to another.


I have not had a problem. As a tool distributor I have helped quite a
few customers who have had hard disks and computers fatally go down that
had node locked sw on them. Also sorting out broken dongles and the
like.


IAR did not want to help us with an older version of their IDE.

With the "new and improved" version, our builds broke. ( don't remember why any more)

We went round and round to find the problem. After a year or so, it was decided to stay with the older version.

We still support our older products, IAR does not.

A new engineer (me) started and we needed to transfer our only working compiler to a new machine.

With the years "YEARs" of communication about our plight, we had to start all over again, "AGAIN".

"Why are you still using this old compiler" was the only response we would get from the kids in tech support.


Checking some old emails, we contacted the only engineer at IAR who remembered our problem, he moved up to some management position ( good for him).

A few emails later, we had our solution and got the license transfer.

Four weeks of fooling around to get what was able to be done the whole time. The new tech support kids, could not figure it out.

I will use IAR and other locked software in the future.

But this fiasco showed me the dark side of locked/licensed software.

donald

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