Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers.rutgers.edu!sri-spam!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!ncr-sd!crash!gryphon!pnet02!sbauer From: sbauer@pnet02.CTS.COM (Scott Bauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Copy protection: A marketing analysis (FLAWED) Message-ID: <997@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 22:31:07 EDT Article-I.D.: gryphon.997 Posted: Sun Jul 19 22:31:07 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jul-87 04:55:54 EDT Sender: root@gryphon.CTS.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 24 [Eat This!] The flaw in your reasoning is in regard to the hardware/GIZMO type of protection. Quite simply, this type of protection will cut down your sales EXTREMELY if your program is one that does not take over the entire machine (and if it does that, you are already losing sales.) In a multi-tasking environment, a hardware GIZMO prevents you from multi-tasking (well, from multi-tasking TWO such programs, which would be the case if everyone went with such protection.) So any program that uses these GIZMOS (called DONGLES, BTW) will be useless if run with any other program that requires a DONGLE (or uses the joystick port for any other reason.) Perhaps this is why programs such as Logistix and Super Base (both of which are DONGLE protected, I believe) have not set the Amiga marketplace on fire. -- Scott Bauer --- UUCP: {ihnp4!crash, hplabs!hp-sdd!crash}!gryphon!pnet02!sbauer INET: sbauer@pnet02.CTS.COM --- DONGLES? Just say "You gotta be kidding!!"