>le 2001/06/29 06:16, BMichael@... à BMichael@... a écrit :
>
>>  There was a discussion here about storing a lot of "features" of the
>>  computer in a file, and if too many of these features no longer match,
>>  then it's probably a pirated copy...
>>
>>  <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-202-6387054.html>
>>
>>  MUST be a bad idea. Microsoft is doing it.
>
>AS fas a s i remember, tedd had been proposing this as a means of copy
>protection for years on this list. [tedd, see if microsoft has patented it,
>and then propose the mail archives as prior art to someone trying to break
>the patent!]
>
>:-j
>[gnomes have very strange ways of being helpful]

jonathan:

Sure... I can find where I mentioned the idea in the archives, but
having enough money to fight microsquish is something else. Remember,
the entire resources of the U.S. Government was NOT enough to bring
microsquish down -- even when the courts found that microsquish was
in the wrong.

It's no wonder that Macintosh has only 5 percent of the market and
that's dwindling. Personally, I think that while it's only five
percent, it's the smartest five percent. But, then again, every year
there are less and less smart people which may account for the rise
in windoze users.

Also, I heard last night on a talk show that Netscape is no longer
producing any updates to its browser -- is that true? I have noticed
more and more web sites REQUIRING IE 5.

tedd


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