RE: "Family album" info

["Dupree, Jim" <dupree@alldata.com>]

I don't know about the "Et-kah" but I do you about our CD product. Yes it is
possible run by loading the CD on to a hard drive but it still requires a
dongle. The dongle can also tell whether the CD you have is current or not
and can prevent you from reading an out dated CD or a CD that is newer than
your subscription. It depends on the programming of the dongle. Dongles are
apparently not easy to get around.
Jim Dupree

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Kurt Wesseling [mailto:kurt.wesseling@nexusmgmt.com]
		Sent:	Tuesday, December 14, 1999 9:01 AM
		To:	quattro@audifans.com
		Subject:	"Family album" info

		Went by my local dealer this morning to order a valve cover
stud.  He looked
		it up on a computer instead of the fiche reader.
		Says me, "what's that software your using?"
		Says he, "oh, that's Et-kah."
		Me: "Cool. So, you get a new version, what, once every six
months or once a
		year?"
		Him: "No, we get a new CD once a month." (!!)
		Me: "Wow...I wonder what happens to all those old CD's?"
		Him: "I don't know.  The guy from our other store just comes
up and installs
		it on the hard drive and takes the CD with him."
		Me: "Oh yeah? (already lusting in my heart)  What's that
guys name?"

		He tells me. I decide I need to make a new friend.  The guy
also claims that
		the "Et-kah" is 'more accurate than the fiche.'

		What else does this tell us? Well, you don't necessarily
need the actual CD
		to use the program once it is installed, and you *may not*
need the dongle.
		I emphasize MAY NOT.  Can't believe all the dealers out
there need to keep
		every out of date CD that they have.

		...Time to contact some of my assembly language expert
friends.  8-]

		If I get more info, you'll get it.

		Kurt
		1989 200TQ