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Regarding Gemx the CompanyRe: Some advice on software needed
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Outliners.com Message ID: 4899
Posted by srdiamond15
2006-01-04 13:29:21
<However, getting the program is terribly complicated. First I have to pay—of course—but then I was waiting several hours for the download link sent by email, and when I got it, the download page was not accessible until the next day, and even after that the program had to be ‘activated’ using the Internet! Too much caution, to say it politely…>
Even worse, Gemx limits the buyer to three downloads of the product, presumably during the entire life of the version. Regardless of the technicalities, it took the full three to complete the download. This was partly my fault, but not because of any particularly gross negligence on my part.
What I find particularly annoying—actually, unethical—is that the limit on downloads was not announced before the purchase! Or if it was, such notice was insufficiently prominent for me to notice.
Stephen R. Diamond