Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!mintaka!oliveb!stratus!cloud9!lectroid!bigbootay!jmann From: jmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Pirates! by MicroProse (not a review, a complaint, please read) Summary: Copy Protection Keywords: Pirates! MicroProse RipOff Message-ID: <521@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Date: 28 Dec 89 15:53:35 GMT References: <84978@linus.UUCP> Sender: usenet@lectroid.sw.stratus.com Reply-To: jmann@bigbootay.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) Distribution: na Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering. Lines: 5 One of the columnists for PC Magazine (probably John Dvorak) said it well: "Don't trust any software that doesn't trust you." What I read about MicroProse's copy protection schemes on the PC is the reason I haven't purchased their "Red Storm Rising" game.