[PUP] Nobeltec dongles

[Anthony Thorne]

Having looked at the others and their chart avaliability and currency it
seemed well worth strapping down the laptop.

Anthony
Carmen
NT42

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Douglas Cochrane
<Douglas_Cochrane at msn.com>wrote:

> Dear Ones,
>
>
>
> I was very disappointed to discover that the latest version of Nobeltec
> requires a dongle to operate. As the former owner of a software company, I
> have personal experience with the problems caused by dongles. Not only are
> they unreliable electronically but they are all too prone to physical
> damage. Can you imagine a heavy wave shifting your laptop on the helm and
> breaking the dongle off in the middle of a turbulent night? Oops - time to
> shift to the paper charts!
>
>
>
> To tie the reliability of a mission-critical element of the ship to a
> little
> gadget who's sole purpose is making sure I haven't pirated my software is a
> risk I am unwilling to place on my boat or its crew. Is this a concern of
> others as well? What other navigation software do you use that doesn't
> include this liability?
>
>
>
> Douglas Cochrane
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