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From: mpd@anomaly.SBS.COM (Michael P. Deignan)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: SCO TCP/IP copy protection
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.232326.4284@anomaly.SBS.COM>
Date: 29 Jan 91 23:23:26 GMT
References: <9101221000.AA21610@aprm> <670009@gore.com>
Organization: Small Business Systems, Inc., Esmond, RI  02917
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jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes:

>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.

Only one set of floppies, with multiple serialization numbers and 
activation keys, would be necessary.

>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.

The added 5 seconds of "misery" is certainly nothing that most people cannot
deal with.

>It is still crippleware.

I wouldn't classify it as "crippleware". 

>It is still better to go to another vendor.

Spoken like the true "want something for nothing" trooper.

MD
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