Mac support?
Hello Brians,
Is there any plan to support Macs with the new Locklizard-protected workbooks? Having to run VMWare or dual-boot just to read a PDF is a bit silly. I know that LockLizard has a Mac-compatible viewer, so I'm hoping it's not a huge effort to add Mac support.
Cheers,
Brian
Comments
MacOS support for locklizard does exist, but we have the documents
signed not to be readable with the Mac viewer. The reason why is that
the Mac version is easily circumventable, and before our new
distribution method we have had widespread problems with illegal
product distribution and sale.
From the beginning Brian and I have always struggled with the tradeoff
between convenience to the user and protection of our intellectual
property. When downloading free software or training or whatever from
the Internet it's easy to just write it off as being from some huge
nameless corporation, and let's be honest, none of it is that hard to
find if you look for it. What is also easy to forget though is the
amount of time and effort it took the author to produce it. Brian and
I have invested literally thousands and thousands of hours of our own
lives into developing these products, maintaining them, supporting
them, and ensuring that they are the highest quality out there, so
sometimes we do take it personally when we see them floating around.
Keep in mind that this doesn't have anything to do with you directly,
and is in no way a suggestion that if you did have a Mac signed copy
you would distribute it.
though there are numbers of legitimate customers like yourself who
should be able to access the material at their leisure in the most
convenient fashion, there are those out there that always have to ruin
it for the rest of us. Brian and I were actually discussing this issue
today of the new DRM system, and possibly we will be seeing some
changes it in shortly.
In the meantime what I would recommend to do however is just to
print the material out. I know we're living in a really green society
now where you should always "think before you print"
sure about you guys, but I simply can't sit down and read a 2,000 page
document in electronic format on my computer screen. I spend so much
time on the computer as it is the last thing I want to be doing is
looking at that thing for a couple extra hours at the end of the night
If you do have any issues with printing, i.e. the print dies and then
it says you can't print more copies, just email
[email protected] and they can reissue it to make sure the
print comes out 100% successful. The other option is to order the
workbook in printed format, which hopefully will be ready in about 3-4
weeks. If you have the print copy shipped to you you'll still have
electronic access to make sure you get any updates that come out in the
future.
Thanks,
Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP/Security)
[email protected]
Internetwork Expert, Inc.
http://www.InternetworkExpert.com
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