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- From: sproven@cs.strath.ac.uk (Simon B Proven IE91)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: Acorn news release: Advance
- Message-ID: <11428@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 16:34:09 GMT
- References: <1jm1a7INNca@oak47.doc.ic.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.120539.19118@cs.nott.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.131726.21494@cs.nott.ac.uk>
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- In article <1993Jan22.131726.21494@cs.nott.ac.uk> smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows) writes:
- >
- >I agree with what you say, but it sounds crazy! After all, the majority
- >of machines currently in use do not have an ID chip, and so default to
- >number zero, the same as if you rip the ID chip out of a newer machine.
- >This protection seems to be of very limited use, and I can't imagine
- >that it will do much to stop the problem of illegal software copying.
-
- Actually, the protection is clever in that it produces a window on the
- screen warning of the infringement, telling you to contact Acorn if you
- have any problems. The window has no back or close icons :-), and in
- the pre-release version I saw you couldn't even drag the window though
- that may have changed... It could be a problem if the user had a window
- open and it got covered by the Advance warning.
-
- Also the program puts a warning triangle on the icon bar beside the
- Advance Icon - which makes a pirated copy easy to spot. As far as
- older machines are concerned, well there's not much that can be
- done about it, without some backup mechanism.
-
- Please note: I am connected with Advance (I was CRM's tester) and have
- a financial stake in the spreadsheet so don't expect be to be totally
- unbiased. :-)
-
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- --Simon Proven sproven@cs.strath.ac.uk
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