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Originally Posted by bdayton
Iwould have liked to have done some editing in the Bucket.MDB fle myself but, it mentions in the manual that this file contains propriatory information and that accesing this fle outside of hoster itself is prohibited. I'd have to look at the license agreement but, I think it is also mentoned there as well.
As for why? I can only figure that the contents of that file repersents alot of hard work, time and money on the part of the programmers and staff of MTU. They woud not want anybody, (specifically the competition), plagerizing there work.
I'd still like to be able to do it but, I do understand why not.
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Yes, first it does represent tens of thousands of dollars.
Second, the VERY FEW number of users who even know what the word DATABASE means, much less have an inkling of an idea how to SAFELY edit one, is in the MINORITY. Thus, it is also a way of preventing NON-KNOWLEDGEABLE users from getting themselves in trouble and DEMANDING MTU BAIL THEM OUT!
After 35 years of professional product development, believe me, I've seen many times what I just wrote. There is a fine line in product development. Ease of use is at ODDS with flexibility. The more flexible a product is, the harder it is to use, and the more folks can get into trouble and need help.
When Hoster was $450 we had sufficient income to support users who DID edit the database. At $178.95, the profit is just not there. Thus, the limitations on the flexibility have been added to protect MTU.
We are working on a means to allow users to share in the expense of updating the database.
