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From: forbus@uiucdcsp.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: software protection - dongles
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 12:07:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 12:07:00 1985
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I totally disagree that there is a "need" for protection, and quite frankly
do not believe the statistics quoted concerning piracy.

There are a number of companies who make excellent products and do not
perceive the "need" for copy protection.  Among them are:

	Mark of the Unicorn (Final Word)
	SORCIM (SuperCalc 3, SuperProject)
	Trigram Systems (MicroSpell)
	Hayes (Smartcom II software)
	Borland International (Turbo Pascal, Sidekick, SuperKey)
	XYplus (XYwrite)
	Applied I (Tutsim)
	Data Transforms (Fontrix)

Furthermore, they all seem to be doing pretty well in the marketplace.  So
why, for heaven's sake, would I want to buy software that made me carry
around a stupid dongle?  As users get more and more sophisticated they will
be less and less willing to put up with this sort of nonsense.