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From: sbauer@pnet02.CTS.COM (Scott Bauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Copy protection: A marketing analysis (FLAWED)
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Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 22:31:07 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 19 22:31:07 1987
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[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
 
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DONGLES? Just say "You gotta be kidding!!"