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This seems incredibly brittle - just like software DRM that needs to phone home. What happens 15 years from now when they shut down their servers?
by scottoreilly 13y ago
This seems incredibly brittle - just like software DRM that needs to phone home. What happens 15 years from now when they shut down their servers?
- krasin 13y agoThey don't connect to the company server. They just shut down and display a message to the operator. It's up to the operator to receive an unlock code from the manufacturer. So, there's no server involved. It's all human-to-human interaction. But again, in 15 years all these codes will be lost by the manufacturer itself, so your main point is valid.
- al2o3cr 13y agoUm, you stop using the machine? The sort of business that is buying these CNC mills isn't going to be interested in using an out-of-support machine (too much risk) and likely depreciates the machine to $0 value in 5-6 years anyways.