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From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Flight Simulator Scenery Disks
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Date: 6 Apr 89 15:15:53 GMT
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>I think I can shed a little light on the 3.5 inch disk problem from
>SubLogic's standpoint regarding scenery disks.
>     [...lotsa detail deleted...]
>To sum this all up, FSII's disk read/write routines arecompletely tied
>to the Apple Disk II 5.25 format.  For SubLogic to try to support 3.5"
>would be almost impossible considering the constraints of the program,

What I learned from all that was:

1) SubLogic is now losing potential revenue due to incompatibability of its
   copy protection scheme with subsequent hardware advances.

2) The copy protection scheme failed to prohibit copying in the first place
   (locks are for honest people?).

3) Sublogic PAID to develop and implement the protection scheme which only
   made life difficult for legitimate purchasers.

There's gotta be a better way to insure the legitimate economic interests
of software developers and distributors.

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