Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-viking!waters From: waters@viking.DEC (PCSG Software Jihad) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Software Protection Message-ID: <3084@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 14:10:44 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3084 Posted: Fri Jul 12 14:10:44 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 13:17:36 EDT Sender: lai@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 24 I don't believe for a minute that software protection will result in higher volume (and subsequently lower prices). First of all, I won't buy any software which is copy-protected because most of the time, it cannot be placed on my hard disk. You must have always used floppy disk systems. Look at Lotus Development's products. Have their prices gone down with the large volume of sales? Not at all! Software houses always boast of high development costs (to justify their high prices). What about book authors? They work hard and have approximately the same development costs (especially on technical books). Are they charging $250+ per copy? Anyway, copy protection is nothing but a potentially dangerous nuisance. Do you remember hearing about that copy protection scheme which would cause DOS to screw up and perhaps wreck your hard disk? Imagine if you had a *legitimate* copy and some small disk error triggered the DOS worm, and moments later... wiped out hard disk! PLEASE INSERT YOUR KEY DISKETTE AND PRESS ENTER... Lester Waters ...!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-viking!waters