purchased a copy from Fugawi and installed it on main computer. When I
tried to install it on my laptop it would not install. Contacted company
and told them. They stated that it had already been installed on more than
2 computers and I could not install it on the laptop.

No body else touched the package and I broke the seal on it. You figure
that one out.

Besides sofware is worse than Garmin


"Oliver Fleming" wrote in message
...
HI,
Below is a copy of the letter I have sent to the Canadian Better
Business Bureau.

These people produce Navigation Software, however in their advertising
they do not state that they limit the installations to 2 machines. Had I
known of this limitation I would not have purchased the software. This is
what is known as in my country as
"sharp practice" and can lead to heavy fines and Jail time.It is difficult
to change from machine to machine if required. Even a reformat of the hard
drive and re-installation requires a phone call or internet connection.
Not always possible if one is in a remote area. Also response is slow and
hampered by stupid non relevant questions.
The program is also buggy and not yet of merchantable quality, some
features as in the instructions do not work.
I have no quarrel with a company who wishes to limit the use of the
software, however this should be made plain in the advertising hype.

Oliver Fleming

A request for a RMA for return of the software is ignored with no
explanation.
Buy it and regret with leisure.

Oliver Fleming

Happy Trails wrote:
On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:16:50 -0800, I. Care wrote:
Do you know why the company is FUGAWI?


Indians????

I've always thought FUGAWI is an old (US?) Army expression !

You may be thinking of FUBAR, an army expression that got picked up by
programmers with the ubiquitous use of "foo." The navy version (as
was explained to me) was SNAFU.

I first heard the FUGAWI joke in 1965, but at the same time F-Troop
was on TV with the Hekawi Indians, so I always assumed the two started
more or less together. The famous Memorial Day race started about 5
years later

Which will you buy then? I don't think Cmap or Navionics will let you
freely copy thir charts either.


"Gary G" see.signature@bottom wrote in message
...
On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 11:43:25 +0100, "Meindert Sprang"
wrote:

"fen" wrote in message
.dk...
The difference between Garmin blue chart mapping programs, bought either
on
CD with unlock code - OR - as a PreProgrammed DataCards, is that the
first
product may be installed on two Garmin GPS units, the second can
presently
NOT.

Complaint over policy of non allowed duplication of
PreProgrammed DataCards for personal use in a second
Garmin GPS unit.

Why would Garmin have to tell you beforehand that you may not copy their
copyrighted material? It is already in the federal laws you are supposed
to
be aware of. Stop whining man!

Meindert


I won't buy Garmin. Thanks to this group.


Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com

Happy Trails wrote:

Happy Trails To You

OK. Are you Roy, Dale, or Trigger.
About as on topic as much of this ...

Yea, I don't know why I'm posting to this thread, it is almost as ridiculous
as the one on the jet ski overheating.

"Dave" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 11:05:36 -0800, "johnhh" said:

Which will you buy then? I don't think Cmap or Navionics will let you
freely copy thir charts either.

Now you've gone and done it--warned him so he can't come blubbering to the
group about how the publisher kept it a deep dark secret.

Jeff wrote:

You may be thinking of FUBAR, an army expression that got picked up by
programmers with the ubiquitous use of "foo." The navy version (as was
explained to me) was SNAFU.


Actually, in my experience, SNAFU and FUBAR were used by all the
services. The terms represented a logical procession for the way things
could be perceived when an average trying day became a little more trying.

Things would go from Situation Normal, All Fouled UP to Fouled Up Beyond
All Recall.

Occasionally, one particularly trying event in a series of trying events
could be classified as an ICFBI! which was, of course, I Can't Frankly
Believe It!

Any word starting with the letter "F" was a wild card and any other
expletive starting with "F" could be substituted for it.

Jack

--
Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jackerbes at adelphia dot net
(also receiving email at jacker at midmaine.com)

"Jack Erbes" wrote in message
...
Jeff wrote:

You may be thinking of FUBAR, an army expression that got picked up by
programmers with the ubiquitous use of "foo." The navy version (as was
explained to me) was SNAFU.


Actually, in my experience, SNAFU and FUBAR were used by all the services.
The terms represented a logical procession for the way things could be
perceived when an average trying day became a little more trying.

Things would go from Situation Normal, All Fouled UP to Fouled Up Beyond
All Recall.

Occasionally, one particularly trying event in a series of trying events
could be classified as an ICFBI! which was, of course, I Can't Frankly
Believe It!

Any word starting with the letter "F" was a wild card and any other
expletive starting with "F" could be substituted for it.

In order and witht appropriate words:

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All ****ed Up
TARFU - Things Are Really ****ed Up
FUBAR - ****ed Up Beyond All Recognition

On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 19:31:01 -0500, "Bert Robbins"
wrote:


"Jack Erbes" wrote in message
m...
Jeff wrote:

You may be thinking of FUBAR, an army expression that got picked up by
programmers with the ubiquitous use of "foo." The navy version (as was
explained to me) was SNAFU.


Actually, in my experience, SNAFU and FUBAR were used by all the services.
The terms represented a logical procession for the way things could be
perceived when an average trying day became a little more trying.

Things would go from Situation Normal, All Fouled UP to Fouled Up Beyond
All Recall.

Occasionally, one particularly trying event in a series of trying events
could be classified as an ICFBI! which was, of course, I Can't Frankly
Believe It!

Any word starting with the letter "F" was a wild card and any other
expletive starting with "F" could be substituted for it.

In order and witht appropriate words:

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All ****ed Up
TARFU - Things Are Really ****ed Up
FUBAR - ****ed Up Beyond All Recognition


Don't forget the interservice version JANFU - Joint Army/Navy **** Up

Weebles Wobble
(but they don't fall down)

On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 11:05:36 -0800, "johnhh"
wrote:

Which will you buy then? I don't think Cmap or Navionics will let you
freely copy thir charts either.



I figure that you guys are way more active and acute than am I. So I
will keenly watch this group to see what more viable options come up.

The exchange of experiences is tightly linked to the usenet.


Gary Gaugler, Ph.D.
Microtechnics, Inc.
Granite Bay, CA 95746
916.791.8191
gary@microtechnics dot com

"Meindert Sprang" wrote in message
...
"fen" wrote in message
k...
The difference between Garmin blue chart mapping programs, bought either
on
CD with unlock code - OR - as a PreProgrammed DataCards, is that the
first
product may be installed on two Garmin GPS units, the second can
presently
NOT.

Complaint over policy of non allowed duplication of
PreProgrammed DataCards for personal use in a second
Garmin GPS unit.

Why would Garmin have to tell you beforehand that you may not copy their
copyrighted material? It is already in the federal laws you are supposed
to
be aware of. Stop whining man!

Meindert

Amen, Meindert. Amen. I am so tired of these whiners that think they are
owed more than they pay for. They find every reason to label manufacturing
and marketing practices as "greed" but their own theft as "reasonable." It
just never ends. I am sure the manufacturers would welcome a "boycott" of
these freeloaders.