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>>Also, note that many people won't purchase/use copy-protected s/w.  This
>>is not because they are pirates or out to defraud you.  In fact, the
>>implicit assumption on the vendor's part that the customer is likely to
>>be up to something nefarious can be sufficiently off-putting in itself. 
>
>This is how I feel.  I will NOT purchase ANYTHING that is copy protected
>in any way, doc protection on games included.  I have this moral thing
>against pirating, and if someone copy protects software I take it
>as an insult to my integrity; I feel as if they are saying 'You
>are a criminal and we hate you.  THIS should make your life more
>difficult <ha ha ha>'.
>
Also, I refuse to buy any software that I can't make a backup copy of before 
even installing, for 2 reasons:
   1)the obvious--I want my originals kept safe in case the installation 
program or a PC crash eats the working disks; and
   2) by copying the disks I can verify that the disks themselves are not 
defective before I even begin installation.

Lamont Downs
downs@helios.nevada.edu