On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:17:09 -0700, Phil Smith wrote:
>
>So this is a slightly different topic, but it's been my experience that CPUIDs
>("keys", whatever you want to call 'em) are more trouble than they're worth.
>Any sysprog worth his salary can break them in minutes if desired; the hassles
>at the vendor end of getting 3AM calls due to expiration, etc. make 'em not
>worth the trouble. I've seen exactly ONE case where we found someone running
>an unlicensed copy; that was a mistake, and was a full-price bluebird, so we
>didn't mind at all. Contracts control licenses, not code.
>
Apparently. I've held the same job for three different employers
through corporate acquisitions. The latest one required that we
scrub all our keys, forthwith,
-- gil
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