Author: MB Software Solutions, LLC
Posted: 2013-03-07 at 13:06:46
On 3/7/2013 1:40 PM, Tracy Pearson wrote:
> MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote on 2013-03-07:
>> I always saw this as an attempt at extortion by VeriSign and those like
>> them. Pay $3000+ for something so that my software didn't pop up this
>> bullshit notice? No thanks... (Actually I'm not sure of the costs, but
>> at the time when I looked, it was crazy.)
>>
>
> Mike,
>
> There are some that cut the price and still use a respected back end.
>
> For example: http://codesigning.ksoftware.net/ uses Comodo which is how we
> sign ours. Who we purchased the signature from to allow us to sign our
> executable files, I don't know.
>
> CODE SIGNING CERTIFICATES
> For Companies and Independent Developers
>
> 1 Year - $95.00/yr (80% off retail)
> 2 Year - $87.50/yr (83% off retail)
> 3 Year - $81.66/yr (85% off retail)
> 4 Year - $77.50/yr (90% off retail)
> 5 Year - $73.00/yr (94% off retail)
Wasn't it something like thousands of dollars when it first came out?
And of course, Vista's super-tight/sensitive security settings
exacerbated the need/market for this.
I can't tell you how many professional instructions I've seen where it
says "If you get this warning, just click OK." So much for the extortion.
--
Mike Babcock, MCP
MB Software Solutions, LLC
President, Chief Software Architect
http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com
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