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October 7, 2004
Deleting more software
I have been a big proponent of Zone Labs Zone Alarm Pro. I bought the product and a subscription to their service. Unfortunately as I had predicted, Microsoft in XP SP2 has put enough firewall function for free that I no longer need Zone Alarm Pro. Also about the same time that I installed SP2, my subscription for Zone Alarm Pro ran out. I like subscription models for software. But they need to have a graceful degredation at the end of the subscription. What I expect is that all the features and functions that I had during the time I was paying I keep. What I don't get is the updates. That is not what happens at the end of Zone Alarm. Key features like program authorizations for internet connections stop working. This pissed me off. I would have uninstalled it on that principal alone. Looks like they sold out just in time.
Posted by Martin at October 7, 2004 8:55 AM
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