Re: vegas pro 8

I "bought" NewTek Lightwave 3d v9 for, get ready for this, ZERO DOLLARS! I received a brand new dongle, an unopened sealed box, and a license from NewTek, shipped for NO CHARGE! I've even received tech support and a new dongle after the old one failed. NewTek had a deal that lasted a few days through Academic Superstore (a US company), and the moment I saw it, I took them up on it. Totally legit.

I ended up buying Wedding Arsenal, at $295, so they still got their money from me, but if I didn't have Lightwave 3d, I never would have considered Arsenal (Lightwave 3d is not, shall we say, completely intuitive, so that marketing ploy was successful).

So, how much money will Adobe make on CS2 and CS3 sales now? Why not sell it as an "OEM" version? It does dip into their current version sales a little, but why wouldn't Adobe give people a taste of CS3, make a little back-end coin, and get them interested in CS4?

I have to assume that Microsoft, Adobe, and all the other software companies would have nuked this or any other OEM download website had it been trying to sell pirate software. If the website has been on for close to a year, then it should be no problem for MS/Adobe/etc. to have shut this thing down. soft-low.net even uses corporate logos, so I assume they have the blessing (or at least the tolerance) of the manufacturers to sell the downloads.

Now, back to soft-low.net

Just completed a search for soft-low.net scam, and I couldn't find a smoking gun. Very little chatter either way on this website. One disgruntled customer, but I don't think he knew how to make a .ico image CD disc.

This one got my attention, however; when I went to the checkout, my browser didn't like the certificate of the https website. I won't drop my personal info onto the soft-low.net website, and I wouldn't recommend anyone trying soft-low.net for purchasing software.

The soft-low.net website doesn't have a valid certificate for its checkout, so I wouldn't use this company -- however, if I need some software, I wouldn't hesitate to save some money and use an older, legit version from a reputable OEM download website (unless "reputable oem-download-site" is an oxymoron).

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TJ McCormick
Z1U Owner-Operator
Vegas Event Video Productions