| Pages in topic: [1 2 3 4] > | SDL Trados Studio 2009 - Licensing and Process Thread poster: RWS Community
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Dear all,
During the last few days we have been carefully monitoring your comments and feedback, and we would like to apologise for the issues we have caused you surrounding our licensing and processes. To try and rectify this effectively we have implemented some immediate changes:
1) ON LICENSING
As you know, as part of the upgrade process, we asked you to return your old license first. After the licenses were returned you should have received your SDL Tr... See more Dear all,
During the last few days we have been carefully monitoring your comments and feedback, and we would like to apologise for the issues we have caused you surrounding our licensing and processes. To try and rectify this effectively we have implemented some immediate changes:
1) ON LICENSING
As you know, as part of the upgrade process, we asked you to return your old license first. After the licenses were returned you should have received your SDL Trados Studio 2009 license and a time-limited license of SDL Trados 2007 Suite. This policy has now been changed. Once you have returned your licenses we will now add to your account a permanent and unlimited license of SDL Trados 2007 Suite as well as a permanent license of SDL Trados Studio 2009.
a. Anyone making a new purchase, and anyone who has not yet activated or returned their license, will find a permanent SDL Trados 2007 Suite license available to them as soon as they complete the upgrade process.
b. People who have already activated their new Studio license will also be able to replace the temporary license of SDL Trados 2007 Suite, with a permanent one.
It is already possible to deactivate / reactivate licenses and on reactivation they will become permanent. More detailed instructions will follow from our support team in due course.
We originally implemented the changes to streamline our account and licensing system, to protect our Intellectual property, prevent license theft and ensure we can continue to more easily improve our licensing and activation system. This is a normal practice followed by most software companies which upon upgrade purchases will not allow two simultaneous licenses and versions to run in parallel. However our execution and communication was less than brilliant. We hope that with this change, you will now be able to move forward and enjoy the new features in SDL Trados Studio 2009.
2) ON THE PROCESS
We realize that the process of returning licenses appeared cumbersome and complicated. Our systems and communication were not clear and there has been confusion created by our new process.
We have already introduced improvements to our online account system that should make the process clearer. We will continue to improve the process and over the next few days you will see more improvements coming up. We are also introducing better ways of getting immediate support for licensing and activation, this will become evident in due course and details will be provided to this forum.
3) ON ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
There have been many posts in the last few days, mostly around licensing. There have also been some on other subjects that are probably lost in the numerous threads that have developed. Whilst we have been enhancing all the normal places to look, Support Centre, talisma.sdl.com, faq's on translationzone.com, we will also pay particular attention to this forum and try to help out a little more than normal.
For all the inconvenience we can only apologise, and hope that with the changes introduced you will be able to get up and running on the new software much more easily, and start to enjoy the new SDL Trados Studio 2009.
To summarise, everyone who upgrades or buys a new license of SDL Trados Studio 2009 will have in their account permanent SDL Trados 2007 Suite licenses and we will continue to improve the process to upgrade to the latest version.
We do apologise for all the inconvenience and we thank you very much for your feedback. We are continously trying to improve the ways in which we can gather your feedback and this forum has been particularly helpful in this regard. The feedback, big or small, good or bad, is all read and we do take it into account in the way we work and in what we offer you.
Humbly,
Paul Filkin
on behalf of
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Once you have returned your licenses we will now add to your account a permanent and unlimited license of SDL Trados 2007 Suite as well as a permanent license of SDL Trados Studio 2009.
Bravo, bravo, bravo!
| | | | Aniello Scognamiglio (X) 
Germany
Local time: 14:12
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| Many thanks, Paul! | Jun 9, 2009 |
SDL Support wrote:
To summarise, everyone who upgrades or buys a new license of SDL Trados Studio 2009 will have in their account permanent SDL Trados 2007 Suite licenses.
Just a quick question: Does it hold true for SDL Trados 7 Freelance?
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Local time: 14:12
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TOPIC STARTER | Does it hold true for SDL Trados 7 Freelance? | Jun 9, 2009 |
Aniello Scognamiglio wrote:
Just a quick question: Does it hold true for SDL Trados 7 Freelance?
Yes. This applies to both Freelance and Professional.
Regards
Paul
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| Chapeau, I am impressed | Jun 9, 2009 |
Dear Paul Filkin,
permanent/non-permanent license issue aside (definitely not on top of my priorities or concerns) thank you very much for this message.
Recognizing mistakes openly is something I have always profoundly respected and valued.
Brilliant "start over". Once all technical soft spots are ironed, I'll call it excellent.
Regards
Giuliana
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Giuliana Buscaglione wrote:
Recognizing mistakes openly is something I have always profoundly respected and valued.
I agree too. Thank you for correcting the mistakes.
| | | | | This is a good start | Jun 9, 2009 |
Keep it up.
| | | | Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 08:12
Member (2009)
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How long does/will it take for the 2009 license to be posted to my SDL acct.?
I have released the 'new' 2007 license I had received and activated, and it did get upgraded to a 'no expiration' license, but the 2009 license still has not shown up on the My Licenses page....
Should I wait 12/24 hrs? etc...
Thanks!
Art
[Edited at 2009-06-09 21:13 GMT]
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| What use is the 2007 software for translating without the use of Multiterm? | Jun 9, 2009 |
I do not see the sense in having a permanent licence for the 2007 Suite, if it can no longer be used for translating, due to having had to uninstall Multiterm 2007 in order to install Studio 2009.
| | | | | Use Multiterm 2009 instead | Jun 9, 2009 |
Astrid Elke Johnson wrote:
I do not see the sense in having a permanent licence for the 2007 Suite, if it can no longer be used for translating, due to having had to uninstall Multiterm 2007 in order to install Studio 2009.
Hello Astrid,
you should be able to use Multiterm 2009 together with Trados 2007.
It seems to be compatible.
Alexander
| | | | Ralf Lemster
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Thanks, Paul - this is really encouraging.
Things can go wrong - but to admit this, and offering remedies, is a very good sign.
Kind regards,
Ralf
| | | | | Anyone else complaining about SDL? | Jun 9, 2009 |
Certainly not me. Not anymore anyway.
Tell me Microsoft would react so promptly!
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| Multiterm 2009 doesn't work with MS-Word | Jun 10, 2009 |
Alexander Hartmann wrote: Astrid Elke Johnson wrote:
I do not see the sense in having a permanent licence for the 2007 Suite, if it can no longer be used for translating, due to having had to uninstall Multiterm 2007 in order to install Studio 2009. Hello Astrid, you should be able to use Multiterm 2009 together with Trados 2007. It seems to be compatible. Alexander
I don't think Multiterm 2009 works with Word. I really hope this also gets fixed.
| | | | | Can we also keep older licences? | Jun 10, 2009 |
All this is really jolly news, but I am still a bit worried here. I found this on SDL's (updated) website:
2) When upgrading to SDL Trados Studio 2009 you will also receive a permanent license of SDL Trados 2007 Suite. Both products can be installed in parallel. Please be aware you will however need to de-activate your previous software license before receiving your new licenses. If you would like to retain your previous license (for example SDL Trados 2006 or Trados 7), please consider purchasing a full new license.
If I understand correctly, the only licence that will ever be permanent is that of SDL Trados 2007 Suite - all the other ones will be wiped off the face of the Earth, right? I will lose my 2007 Freelance licence if I upgrade, right?
Then, what are we all so happy about? I, for one, will not upgrade under these conditions. I will certainly not shell out a thousand bucks just so I can see that hypothetical quantum leap in action and then realize I would have been better off keeping 2007. I don't have time to learn to use Trados for the umpteenth time and my clients don't either. And I certainly don't have a thousand bucks to spend on software each year - that's more money than my Internet connection!
| | | | | Thank you - there is someone listening out there | Jun 10, 2009 |
All we need to do now is sort out the licensing issues, the crashing issues....
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