Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Apr 25 22:22:18 CDT 2009
According to http://www.toysfortots.org/about_toys_for_tots/toys_for_tots_foundation/default.asp there are currently about 550 local coordinators. At that rate, you should be able to offer a *very* good bulk licencing price to the parent Foundation :-) If I were you, I'd start that approach straight away with just the support of your current contact. On 25 Apr 2009 at 14:54, Rocky Smolin wrote: > That's a possibility. I'd like to get a few users as enthusiastic about it > as our first guy. And then approach them. > > Rocky > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 2:19 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Copy Protection Needed > > I see from a quick google that Toys For Tots is a US Marine Reserve > foundation. > > "Over its 14 year life span, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has > supplemented local toy collections with more than 55.5 million toys valued > at more than $284 million; plus has provided promotion and support materials > valued at over $3.2 million" > > How about approaching them with a bulk licencing deal - that way you can > provide a copy to every chapter and not have to worry about copy protection. > > > -- > Stuart > > On 25 Apr 2009 at 8:59, Rocky Smolin wrote: > > > Dear List: > > > > Susan Harkins and I are working on a project together It is a relatively > > small application and database for the Toys for Tots organization - > tracking > > parents, children, donors, and volunteers. We were contacted by the head > of > > a Michigan chapter after he had gotten bids from $2500 to $10,000 for a > > custom database - well out of his budget range. So we decided to put > > together an application for him, speculating that perhaps other Toys for > > Tots chapters around the country would find the application valuable. He's > > up and running and very happy, has provided us with a nice endorsement, > and > > will post a notice to the TFT bulletin board for us when we get a web page > > up. Which should be in a couple weeks. We have priced the product at > $400. > > > > We think, given the tight budgets and the fact that they're a charitable, > > volunteer organization, that there is a risk that copies of the > application, > > which we have named Toy Track, will get passed around to other chapters > even > > at a relatively low cost of $400. > > > > So we would like to find a way to implement some copy protection but don't > > want it to be a burden on either us or the user. Some approaches would be > > > > 1. have the app 'phone home' to be activated, sending the hard drive > serial > > or somehow tying it to a machine. Problem here is that the license will > be > > for the chapter - front end would go on each client - so they could > > legitimately run multiple copies of the app. And we'd have the expense of > > creating and maintaining the web site. > > > > 2. Date bomb - this would require re-registration from time to time. Like > > #1, it would involve an interactive web site - more effort and expense > that > > we think we want to put into copy protection - or a phone or email > response > > with a 'key' that would extend the license. Or we send each user a fresh > > copy before their copy expires. Still doesn't stop them from forwarding > the > > new mde to someone else. > > > > 3. Run with the CD in the drive. Nah. Too easy to rip a CD. Don't think > > we'd get any protection there. Plus we'd have the whole product and > shipping > > hassle, and software delivered electronically versus on a hard copy > medium > > is free of sales tax in California. > > > > 4???? > > > > Any ideas will be welcome. Hopefully the discussion will benefit others > on > > the list who are facing similar problems. > > > > MTIA, > > > > Rocky Smolin > > > > Beach Access Software > > > > 858-259-4334 > > > > www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> > > > > www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com