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From: Tom J Parry
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:04
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:04
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Ian Staples (ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au) wrote: > > > Not only compiler products. What about those modern applications that come > on 8, 12, 17 or more DSHD disks? How long before the vendors assume we all > have a CDROM player and only distribute that way? It surprises me they haven't > started already to a greater extent. It could well be seen as one way to > re-introduce a type of modest copy protection, could it not? Some companies have taken the oppurtunity to package huge amounts of extras with their software. As an example, CorelDraw 3.0 comes on CD with about 700MB of clip art (or so I am told). Try fit that on DSHD floppies :-) -- Tom J Parry. Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
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Newsgroups: aus.cdrom Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!regent!monu1.cc.monash.edu.au!monu6!yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au!parry From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry) Subject: Re: saw your new group and trial post Message-ID: <1993Jan11.040454.21932@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system) Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia. References: <1993Jan10.071537.20454@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au> Distribution: aus Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:04:54 GMT Lines: 15