On 10/5/06, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why do you blame them for trying to protect their software though? Traditional methods like product keys obviously aren't working. They have chosen the closed source model and I suppose this may be the price they pay.
I don't think it's a matter of blame as much as a questioning of whether the business model makes sense for both the vendor and the customer. Many software vendors have had pretty severe copy protection schemes for years. AutoCAD comes to mind as a great example: at one time a USD 10k product, GM (iirc) was busted for having many, many cracked copies. However, AutoCAD had such a clear superiority in its field that it was worth putting up with the hassle to the customer. It's a lot harder to make that argument for a lot of Microsoft software: office, browser and email products are available from many vendors/open source. Dongles are built into most modern machines in the form of TPCM (?) modules. It will be interesting to see who starts using them. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
