I've been developing and selling Access based database products for
years, and this group has always been a great resource to me. Now I
find myself releasing a new Active-X based on some of my code that
I've been using for years; and I would like to know what the group
thinks of the idea...
I have put together a ocx control that allows applications to "phone
home"; it sends the developer usage information from anyone using the
software. We have been using it to protect our medical database
products for years; and I recently got the idea to package it and sell
it as a service.
I wanted to know, do you Access developers feel this is of any value?
Would you all like to know who is using your programs? Or, do you
feel that this application is unnecessary?
Please do not bring out your flame throwers; I do not intend this as a
shameless ad; but I do want any feedback from developers who are
distributing their applications in a packaged form. Secondly, I very
much advocate disclosing this reporting practice. Every application
that I have included it in has always had prominent disclosure, and I
advise the same to anyone who uses it.
If you would like to see the specifics, my website is
www.blssecurity.com.
I have always found it useful personally; both for preventing piracy
and for accurate timing of sales calls; now I am just curious what the
world thinks.
Thanks for reading.
-Ben