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From: elund@graphics.rent.com (Eric W. Lund - Subop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: DOS 5.0 reseller protection?
Message-ID: <aZ2P46w164w@graphics.rent.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 05:19:33 GMT
Organization: The Graphics BBS (2D,3D,GIF,Animation) +1 908/469-0049
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An article in the latest issue of Computer Shopper did a poor job of 
explaining what came with the package, and what he meant by Microsoft taking 
steps to stop resellers from including pirated copies of DOS 5.0 with their 
systems.  Can anyone explain what he was talking about?  Are there two 
different versions of DOS 5.0?  (One for upgraders -- ie, the cheap one.)  
The author stated the install disks are not "bootable", and intimated that 
creating bootable disks are a major hassle.  Is there any copy protection 
(logical, or through "hassle") in DOS 5.0?

Also, the article featured the DOS Shell, and didn't discuss the changes to 
the command.com.  What changes have been made to the line prompt, internal 
and external commands, etc?

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