I started using Flexi back around 1999 when CASmate stopped working with Windows98.
#Flexisign software
Connection issues between the software and vinyl cutters or large format printers is one symptom.
I say that because Flexi is facing challenges from several directions and, IMHO, not exactly doing the best job keeping up. Regarding how this whole thing applies to Flexi, I'm a little surprised SAi has the restrictive and costly terms it has for selling/transferring software. Some do more to enforce their rules than others, like building in software activation schemes, forcing users to create customer accounts, etc in order for the software to operate. Terms do vary from one company to the next. Usually any business that can successfully provide and properly maintain open source software is providing it as a loss leader for some other commercial, profit-generating "evil corporate" angle.Īside from the never ending debate about "closed source proprietary software," I don't like limitations imposed by EULAs anymore than anyone else. Very few people make generous donations directly to open source developers. Selling the software is the most practical way to do that for most developers. Is there even any dedicated sign making applications that are open source?Ĭommercial software developers have to be able to make a living. Open source alternatives to applications like Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW often have performance issues and glaring limitations that make them feel very very dated.
"Closed source proprietary software," normally called commercially developed software is an unavoidable fact of life for most businesses, especially anything dealing with graphic design and other creative fields. The joys of open source software, pertaining to graphic design: not having the tools needed to get a task completed adequately and having to accept all sorts of limitations.
#Flexisign pro
I'm not saying I like it, not saying that I agree with it, but it's nothing new and as most of their EULAs state (I would say all as it's really pro forma to do so, but I have a hard time with being so definitive even though I don't know examples otherwise) that things can change without notice. While you may have vendors that support a traditional and a SaaS license, I highly doubt that it will remain that way for too much longer. However, with the recent voque of SaaS, even this won't be easily possible like it once was.
#Flexisign code
Some are better with regard to legally reselling (people that "bought" the programs, buy a license, not ownership of said program, if you don't get the source code with it, one doesn't own it), but it is a concern with all closed source proprietary programs, not just Flexi.
The joys of closed source proprietary software. I'm unaware of a lawsuit that overturned that decision, not to say that there hasn't been one, I'm just unaware of that. In the end, they (Autodesk) won on appeal. This actually isn't a new thing and it's not just with Flexi.Īutodesk had a court case against a person that re-sold unopened boxes of their software. Recommended you guys stay away if you're a new user. FlexiSign won't connect to production manager through TCP/IP any longer, and we have to change the settings constantly to keep it connected. Even a year later, connectivity issues persist. They blamed it on the printer manufacturer, they blamed it on our connection, but never took the responsibility UNTIL the print manufacturer called them and said "it's your problem, fix it". They make up weird excuses as to what we should try, but no one has a real solution for us. It won't connect, wrong data format errors, we have to send the job sometimes 7 times for it to send.
#Flexisign drivers
We purchased a new machine, and Flexi STILL cannot get the drivers to work for it correctly a year later. We're incredibly tired of dealing with this company, they released their Flexi 12 software, and drivers that worked completely fine in Flexi 11, are now riddled with flaws and connection issues in Flexi 12.
This is once again one of many Flexisign's quirks that new users should heed and stay away from this company before you're wrapped into their endless system of problems. We were told that Flexi "was never meant to be resold" - sorry, but I paid $2800 for this software a few years ago, if I want to sell it, I should be able to sell it. Come to find out, you cannot sell an extra version of Flexisign without completely transferring your whole account to someone new, which costs $450 now.
#Flexisign license
We have an extra version of Flexisign and wanted to sell it, no big deal, did it before, so I sent an e-mail to Sai to get the license transferred.
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