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From: a_dent@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Is 4d (Fourth Dimension) on Mac better than ALL?
Message-ID: <1991Jan5.130017.2739@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au>
Date: 5 Jan 91 05:00:17 GMT
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In article <42090@ut-emx.uucp>, awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:
> In article <1991Jan3.220828.2734@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au> a_dent@fennel.cc.uwa.oz.au writes about 4D:
>>- enforces key disk copy protection (UNFORGIVEABLE!!!)
> 
> I usually think of key disk protection as requiring insertion of the master disk
> when the application is run.  I just ran 4D and it doesn't.

It does, but not all the time.  It also requires you to have unique serial
numbers around the network (ie:  each user must have the copy which was 
purchased for them) rather than just distributing X copies.  You DID buy 
X copies of course :-)

It used to wipe your serial number and keyword out if it found another
one on the network but I think that went away in 2.0.10.

In contrast, Omnis is like Quickmail - you buy increments so a given
Omnis application is an X-user application, no worries about getting the
disks out to all your people (or them losing them).

Of course, you may be indulged (ie: you shout louder) in the US and don't
suffer like the rest of the world.  I've seen messages from European 4D
users (copy-protected) and our Australian source is France, not USA!

Andy Dent
not at home and too lazy to type his .sig