https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/ en Thu, 01 May 2008 12:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 FeedWriter https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49988 Thu, 01 May 2008 08:54:30 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49988 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49987 Thu, 01 May 2008 04:40:19 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49987 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49986 NOT to bash the programmer. I do try to address real issues. In your comment #64 I quote: "...the software that I use to protect it does, more specifically, it uses it prevents ‘hackers’ from (easily) reverse engineering the software. As an aside, a number of programmers/software developers use that software, and that company is still in business doing extremely well." I understand from that that the functionallity was coded by yourself and that you did use some thirdparty software to protect your software from reverse enginering. I do think you did a fine job of programming, all works flawless, nothing wrong with that at al. The functionallity is a bit too common though to expect a great market for it is my guess, because of all the alternatives and the price (see my first comment #14). The code injection must be part of the thirdparty software and believe me this will do you no good. I hope I will be helpfull to give some recommendations here: 1] get rid of the nagg-screen in the software you provide. You can try to force people to stay honnest, but you should not force people to do things they dont have to and don't want to. 2] Use something different to protect your software. Something free of code injections.Perhapse UPX could do the trick for you: http://upx.sourceforge.net/ Your executables will be compressed, easier (smaller) to download but very hard to reverse engineer. 3] You might even turn this conversiontool into freeware (I don't think your loss will be too substancial) in order to make people aware of your site and do some more business. What could be wrong with the protection software you use: There are people making software just to lure people into a scheme of mal intentent. (here the example gets to be fiction) They might make freeware available that drop components vulnarable for code injection. When people use it it starts spreading around the world., aswell as the vulnarabilities do. It abuses in that way people that only have good intentions. Note: This has nothing to do with the GAotD-wrapper; nothing wrong with that. I do think (again a matter of trust) you do have good intentions (as does GAotD; I never doubted that). Your showing here does that for me and the fact that you got the possibility to be a GAotD. So you might be unaware of all the components in the software on your site and it's dark potentials. Thanks for your suggestion to use a second computer. I do use one of the former giveaways though "Returnill". I'm a really big fan of it. Don't worry, this keeps me on top of it.]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 02:02:58 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49986 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49985 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:49:47 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49985 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49984 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:45:25 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49984 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49983 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:46:09 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49983 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49982 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:28:38 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49982 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49980 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:18:45 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49980 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49978 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:37:50 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49978 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49977 I’ve written a lot of these utilities trying to ‘guess’ what other people would want and/or find useful. If you have any suggestions, that would help me generate some cash, please definitely let me know. I suppose I could use some ideas. (I have a contact form on my website instead of a direct e-mail, mainly to prevent spambots from harvesting/spamming addresses, so please use that). Is that why your DNS registration is anonymous and your street address is a Mailboxes Etc? Trying to cut down on the junk mail? (Are you actually in Vancouver or are you really in Hothot? Btw if you are you get full marks for a pretty good pun with the company name)]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:14:43 -0400 https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/text-conversion-software-pro/#comment-49977