At one time Autocad also ran with a dongle and was very expensive
except for student versions.
Stewart
At 12:42 PM 9/15/2007, you wrote:
You can own a bicycle. You can own a refrigerator. You can own a
computer. However you can only license the code that makes the
computer do things for you--you don't own someone else's intellectual property.
The problem isn't ownership, it's the contract--and piracy.
Contracts need to be simpler and more straight-forward, and more
end-user friendly. As for piracy of expensive software, developers
need to create a way that license-holders can use locked-down
software without calling the mothership for approval to reinstall.
Adobe CS costs $900-1200 with student versions around half that
price. More expensive software like ArchiCad only runs with a dongle
to unlock it. I'm not recommending that Adobe do this, but there are
ways to make software easier to reinstall while reducing piracy.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Peace
Ozark, AL SL 82
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