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- From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: Dongles affecting
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.100315.1552@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 10:03:15 GMT
- References: <1k0pnlINN233@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk> <1993Jan25.235136.14679@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
- Organization: Nottingham University
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- In article <1993Jan25.235136.14679@syma.sussex.ac.uk> mickd@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Mick Dunford) writes:
- >There also seems to be a conflict between Acorn and CC over what should
- >happen if software is run on a machine that differs from the one for
- >which it has been registered. In Acorn's case there will just be a
- >warning message. In the case of CC the program will terminate.
-
- Computer Concepts have enough size and power ('clout') to do virtually
- whatever they like. Whether that is a good thing or not is very debatable
- - take for example the matter of the 3D Style Guide. Acorn's 3D guide is
- not identical to CC's, but it almost certainly would never have been
- written if it wasn't for CC's actions. Similarly Acorn's attitude to
- software protection has been "don't do it at all". Now even that appears
- to be changing..
-
- Simon
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- Simon Burrows smb@cs.nott.ac.uk psyhsmb@unicorn.nott.ac.uk +44 533 712030
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