I have been using Alibre for 8 years, a one man shop. I use the program on two different machines, one in the shop and one in the office. Being alone, only one program runs at a time by me - No need for a second seat. As a long time subscriber, I had three authorizations (somehow I lost one, two are/were still used) All was well till the 2018 changes to the registration process. I understand the need to clamp down on the registration process and piracy, but the new method put a serious crimp in my operation. No longer could I move from the shop to the office machine, I had to shut one down, release the license then open the other (what happened to my two authorizations?)
After numerous problems and un-resolved programming issues, and complaints about the licensing/usage, I was given a concurrent license so I could access the two machines - or at least, that's how it was described. But with that came my next issues - concurrent licenses don't work if you don't have access to a live internet connection.
Their solution; use my cell phone as a hot spot when in sketchy areas. My main customer is located in an area that does not have good cell phone coverage - and they don't have a strong IT department so guest access to their lines isn't available. The best I can do is view a file and make copius notes for later changes.
Today was icing on the cake. Home, in my office and the internet dies - down for about 5 hours, a copy of Alibre that I can not use and a hot project that I need to get done before I leave late tomorrow evening.
Thanks, Alibre, your business model / licensing procedure SUCKS ! It used to work very well, TILL YOU FIXED IT ! I lived thru the previous owners issues - and felt the employee ownership was a step forward and held great promise. But maybe not so much. Technical glitches are still going unresolved and using the program becomes more and more difficult with every "Improvement" I have a maintenance renewal coming up in the near future. May have to take a serious look at this, not sure things are getting any better.
Thanks for letting me rant.
Paul
After numerous problems and un-resolved programming issues, and complaints about the licensing/usage, I was given a concurrent license so I could access the two machines - or at least, that's how it was described. But with that came my next issues - concurrent licenses don't work if you don't have access to a live internet connection.
Their solution; use my cell phone as a hot spot when in sketchy areas. My main customer is located in an area that does not have good cell phone coverage - and they don't have a strong IT department so guest access to their lines isn't available. The best I can do is view a file and make copius notes for later changes.
Today was icing on the cake. Home, in my office and the internet dies - down for about 5 hours, a copy of Alibre that I can not use and a hot project that I need to get done before I leave late tomorrow evening.
Thanks, Alibre, your business model / licensing procedure SUCKS ! It used to work very well, TILL YOU FIXED IT ! I lived thru the previous owners issues - and felt the employee ownership was a step forward and held great promise. But maybe not so much. Technical glitches are still going unresolved and using the program becomes more and more difficult with every "Improvement" I have a maintenance renewal coming up in the near future. May have to take a serious look at this, not sure things are getting any better.
Thanks for letting me rant.
Paul
