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- From: dhmyrdal@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Dag H}kon Myrdal)
- Subject: Re: RISC OS 3 Impression...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.134447.184@ugle.unit.no>
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- Organization: ProgramVareVerkstedet - UNIT
- References: <BxLL5H.724@cen.ex.ac.uk> <1992Nov13.104236.21893@cs.nott.ac.uk> <Bxo4z3.LD1@cen.ex.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 13:44:47 GMT
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- In article <Bxo4z3.LD1@cen.ex.ac.uk> CDLatham@cen.ex.ac.uk (C.D.Latham) writes:
- [...]
- >Getting back to the original subject, one slightly tricky point I
- >discussed with the CC man was dongles. The new machines all have a
- >unique machine identity built in. It seems CC are exploring the
- >possibility of using this in the future because dongles are so
- >unpopular. I thought that was an interesting point.
-
- Too bad.
- I think dongles are nice. The only problem is if you have several dongles
- at once from different manufacturers...
- The ID-number strategy, on the other hand, restricts the usage of the
- program to the machine it was bought for - ie a much more restricting
- protection than any dongle.
- If want to use my copy of Impression on another machine, I simply take with
- me the dongle (matchbox-size), and a floppy containing the program...
-
- Now, what if Impression suddenly needs that one machine to work?
- -You cannot take the program with you anywhere.
- -You cannot use the same program(s) for your desktop and laptop...
- -You cannot use the programs on a replacement machine when the
- main one is malfunctioning, is sent in for an upgrade or repair...
- -You will have to (probably) take contact with the original publisher
- if you want the old programs to work on your new A8000 that you
- upgrade to in a few years time; and in the meantime the publisher
- may have gone bust...
-
-
- --Dag
-
-
-
- --
- --Dag Haakon Myrdal, dhmyrdal@pvv.unit.no -
- - Werchsmeister Emeritus, Omega Verksted, -
- - Idrettsveien 29, N-5037 BERGEN, NORWAY -
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