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Started by Thomas Newton
Fri, 10 Oct 1986 05:34
Re: Just when you thought is was safe... (Microsoft Copy Protection)
Author: Thomas Newton
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1986 05:34
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1986 05:34
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> Microsoft was announcing (per messages on Compuserve that I saw) the
> removal of Copy Protection from all Macintosh products.
Any idea when they'll be removing the copy perversion from Flight Simulator,
and how one can tell the non-CP version from the CP version? I'd buy a copy
if they removed the silly CP and the bogus "licensing agreement" (which they
hide inside the package so as not to scare off buyers -- but I saw there was
one because a local chain bookstore had a copy of Flight Simulator open as a
demonstrator). (The "agreement" was apparently specific to Flight Simulator,
but contained various fun phrases like 'you have a right to make a backup if
the program isn't copy-protected' (and pigs could fly if they had wings...))
> All I can say is "Congratulations Microsoft!"
I agree. I hope they drive Lotus completely into the ground. Apparently in
the IBM-PC world, Lotus is one of the big holdouts for CP. And for the Mac,
the expensive and CP Jazz doesn't look so hot when you consider what Excel +
{Word, MacWrite} + {MacTerminal, Red Ryder, VersaTerm} + Switcher can do.
-- Thomas Newton
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