Re: DOS 5.0 reseller protection?

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From: Joe Morris
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1991 16:48

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elund@graphics.rent.com (Eric W. Lund - Subop) writes:

>An article in the latest issue of Computer Shopper did a poor job of 
>explaining what came with the package, and what he meant by Microsoft taking 
>steps to stop resellers from including pirated copies of DOS 5.0 with their 
>systems.  Can anyone explain what he was talking about?  

The "official" MS-DOS manual has a hologram on the spine, and a note on
the front cover telling you to look for the hologram.  Microsoft has lost
a helluva lot of money to pirates in the past few years...

>The author stated the install disks are not "bootable", and intimated that 
>creating bootable disks are a major hassle.  Is there any copy protection 
>(logical, or through "hassle") in DOS 5.0?

No copy protection.  The deal is that if you buy the upgrade, then by 
definition you must have a running copy already.

Joe Morris

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