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From: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: SCO TCP/IP copy protection
Message-ID: <670009@gore.com>
Date: 27 Jan 91 17:46:43 GMT
References: <9101221000.AA21610@aprm>
Reply-To: jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore)
Organization: Gore Enterprises
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/ comp.protocols.tcp-ip / mpd@anomaly.SBS.COM (Michael P. Deignan)
/ Jan 26, 1991 /
>I believe that SCO's "copy protection" is nothing more than insuring that
>multiple serialized copies do not talk to one another. IE: You can't
>hook up two machines w/ the same serial number.

Which is still a pain in the neck for the legitimate user: if you have a
hundred machines, you need to keep a hundred sets of floppies for the times
when the software on one of the machines needs to restored, and then you
need to find the right set of floppies.

It is still copy protection in all its glory: make the life of your paying
customers miserable forever so that you can give a determined pirate a few
days of work before they crack it.

It is still crippleware.

It is still better to go to another vendor.

Jacob
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