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From: kim@mips.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Re: Copy Protection
Message-ID: <260@mips.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 18:02:05 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 10 18:02:05 1985
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>                               Allow hard disk installation, without needing 
> the key disk to start up.  Allow de-installation, so the user can move to 
> another machine.  Allow an extra install, for the poor user whose disk 
> suddenly gets amnesia.  Include a backup copy of the key disk in the 
> package.

All this should *only* add $40-$50 at the retail level, and increase the
development time of the s/w, and decrease the reliability of the s/w, and
make testing the s/w that much more difficult, AND BE COPIABLE WITHIN 3
MONTHS OR LESS ANYWAY!  Oh yes, and *many* people, particularly corporations,
simply will not buy it.  Seems kinda silly to me ...

Only my opinions,

/kim
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