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From: ward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple
Subject: Microsoft Word Copy Protect
Message-ID: <1040@hao.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Jul-84 15:19:06 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  5 15:19:06 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Jul-84 07:09:23 EDT
Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO
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I understand that The Word from Microsoft will be copy protected in
such a way that the master disk will be required to run the program.

Microsoft's Multiplan is already set up this way, and several people I
know have tried to copy it with no success.

My feeling is that this makes the program worthless - Murphy's law
guarantees that when you *need* that disk to get out a critical
report, it will be found trashed.  If you can't steal a program, it's
not worth buying.

Is there anyone who owns a Mac who is going to buy The Word in spite of
the above, and why?
-- 
Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD
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