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- From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows)
- Subject: Re: RISC OS 3 Impression...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.155320.13510@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Organization: Nottingham University
- References: <1992Nov13.104236.21893@cs.nott.ac.uk> <Bxo4z3.LD1@cen.ex.ac.uk> <1992Nov18.134447.184@ugle.unit.no>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 15:53:20 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.134447.184@ugle.unit.no> dhmyrdal@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Dag H}kon Myrdal) writes:
- >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...
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- Why couldn't the unique ID number be incorporated into a removable piece
- of the computer (like a dongle)? This would get around many of the
- problems of unique ID numbers, and multiple dongles.
-
- Simon
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