[Duardo]

Well, obviously you're an apologist for the dongle companies.

Yes, I know, everyone who disagrees with you is an apologist. Good argument.

I, like several others who have chimed in on this thread, have used software with various forms of copy protection over the years, and simply find the current dongles...and specifically, the iLok, mainly because it has become so universal (although I've never had any issues with a Synchrosoft dongle either)...to be the most hassle-free one I've encountered so far.

It's pretty obvious that you never work where your system is exposed to the public, or even to numbers of musicians - things walk off, expecially small things. I'm glad you never lost one or had one stolen - you're lucky.

It may seem obvious to you, but you are not correct. And luck has little, if anything, to do with it...when I have valuable things in my possession I take measures to ensure that they remain in my possession.

I would say that it's pretty obvious to me that you never work where you need to move from one system to another frequently, but knowing as little about you as I do I wouldn't make such an assumption so quickly.

Yes, I absolutely did compare dongles to Jim Crow laws. Pro Audio people are the "N-words" of the software market and I, for one, happen to resent it deeply. You should too.

Thanks for the advice. While I do take all of this stuff seriously, my advice to you would be to maybe take this stuff just a little less seriously. And perhaps not to make such comparisons in public, especially in the presence of people who did live during the time of the Jim Crow laws.