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- From: freek@phil.ruu.nl (Freek Wiedijk)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Uniquely identifying a Mac? How?
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- Date: 25 Dec 92 17:04:41 GMT
- References: <9235010.4295@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Dec15.121756.23075@kth.se> <1gm3ioINN9uh@calvin.NYU.EDU> <1992Dec17.162820.12863@waikato.ac.nz> <1992Dec17.105813.18407@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <peter-211292133304@rocky.curtin.edu.au>
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- peter@cujo.curtin.edu.au (Peter N Lewis) writes:
- >If Apple put a serial number on the
- >machine, and people successfully copy protect their programs, the immediate
- >consequence of this is that the value of the machine drops a great deal.
- >All those users can't pirate the programs they want, so they stop buying
- >the machines, and buy other machines where they can get the programs
- >they want for free.
-
- Yes!
-
- That's why one of my friends (hi Jos!) bought a 486 machine and
- advocated me to do the same (never!). "Pirating software for it is
- much easier because there are far more people to copy software from."
-
- Yet another reason why Intel machines are more popular that Macs.
- Not only is the hardware cheaper, the software is also cheaper...
-
- Freek
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- Third theory of Phenomenal Dynamics: The difference between
- a symbol and an object is quantitative, not qualitative.
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