Re: Not for Export?

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From: english
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1991 09:10

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In article <1991Apr16.042431.10997@sactoh0.sac.ca.us>, mholtz@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (Mark A. Holtz) writes:
> I was in a local software store last week, and was looking around,
> and noticed that some software packages, (most notable "PageMaker
> 4" and (I think) "Corel Draw") said on the box "NOT FOR EXPORT -
> For US and Canada Only". I realize why PC Tools Deluxe and PKZip
> are not allowed to be exported - It's due to encryption by DES
> standards. But, why Pagemaker?
> -- 

is simply commercial reasons, pagemaker will have a reseller/distributor
in other parts of the world, who have been given the entire market and
protected from people buying directly from the states. miscrsoft do this
also, as a result we pay twice the price for our microsoft products in
this part of the world.

can assure you it's not because of the compression routines, have
bought packages locally which use these compression routines.

grant english
english@lincoln.ac.nz

would you confirm or deny?

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