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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: "Look up a word in the manual" copy protection
Message-ID: <6816@g.ms.uky.edu>
Date: Sat, 27-Jun-87 01:24:03 EDT
Article-I.D.: g.6816
Posted: Sat Jun 27 01:24:03 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jun-87 14:10:00 EDT
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Reply-To: sean@ms.uky.csnet (Sean Casey)
Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY
Lines: 26
Keywords: user frustration
Summary: Companies just lost themselves a customer

After unwittingly purchasing my second piece of software with this most
annoying feature, Starglider, I hereby swear to always check for this and
never ever buy software that has it again.

I realize that programmers want to protect their hard earned bucks (I am one),
but I don't like it and I'm not buying it.  I'm going to do my damndest to
hack the programs so that this feature is removed, and if anyone wants to
sell me a piece of software that will do that for me, my wallet is open.

Word can't express the frustration at having to pull out a manual that I
don't even need after reading it once, and having to look up a word to
continue with the program.  What's the point of having a hard disk if it
takes two minutes to locate your manual and look up the word?

I just wanted the software people to know that they lost this customer
with that kind of bullshit.

Sean

P.S.  Hats off to the people releasing all the fine public domain Amiga
software that I am seeing nowdays.  You really shame the companies that
don't even trust their legitimate customers.
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