Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.5 $; site uiucdcsp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsp!seefromline From: forbus@uiucdcsp.Uiuc.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: software protection - dongles Message-ID: <10800012@uiucdcsp> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 12:07:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcsp.10800012 Posted: Fri Jul 12 12:07:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 08:04:10 EDT References: <566@alberta.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:alberta.UUCP:-56600:uiucdcsp:10800012:000:807 Nf-From: uiucdcsp.Uiuc.ARPA!forbus Jul 12 11:07:00 1985 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.