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From: kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla)
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Subject: Re: Software theives
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Date: 18 Aug 89 16:34:19 GMT
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In-reply-to: mitchell@janus.berkeley.edu's message of 17 Aug 89 18:21:34 GMT
In article <30706@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> mitchell@janus.berkeley.edu (Evan Mitchell) writes:
[about people coming in and installing viruses, stealing actual disks,
copying disks in-store, killing freely-redistributable stuff, etc]
Sounds like a lot of those problems would be solved if there were a
device like the local computer-toystore sells for the Nintendo thing-
a lock that goes over the cartridge slot (in this case it would be the
disk drives of course). I seem to remember there being something like
that for the 64 or PClones; maybe it's time to generalize the concept.
Of course, then if someone wanted to demo something they'd need the
help of the management. Oh well. That's really the way it should be
anyway- run demos except when someone wants to preview something, then
don't let the disk out of your sight.
(Some people might think this to be a shift in attitudes coming from
me. Most people probably don't care one way or the other. But, I
consider actually lifting product from the shelves to be a crime. I
don't consider, say, an employee taking a piece of software home,
copying it, bringing it back and re-shelving it with new labels and
all to be a crime in the slightest.)
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