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From: waters@viking.DEC (PCSG Software Jihad)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Software Protection
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 14:10:44 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 12 14:10:44 1985
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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!


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				Lester Waters
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