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: <10800011@uiucdcsp> Date: Sat, 6-Jul-85 22:43:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcsp.10800011 Posted: Sat Jul 6 22:43:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Jul-85 01:15:53 EDT References: <566@alberta.UUCP> Lines: 7 Nf-ID: #R:alberta.UUCP:-56600:uiucdcsp:10800011:000:390 Nf-From: uiucdcsp.Uiuc.ARPA!forbus Jul 6 21:43:00 1985 "Dongles" are a truely silly idea. They have the same bug the "key disk" idea has -- what if your "dongle" gets trashed? Same scenario: 9 PM friday evening, report which must be finished by Monday morning, dog chews dongle to pieces. Or if a kid thinks of the dongle as pretty thing to play with and loses it...I cannot imagine rational people buying software that requires such crud.