[futurebasic] Re: Floppy protection...

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From: David Blache <microcsm@...>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 98 11:02:21 -0600
In a message dated 3/4/98 11:56 AM, jonathan wrote:

>On a down note. Protection schemes I do not like.
>They <nasty word> the honest user, but not the dishonest.
>i had a floppy drive knock out a few floppies recently.
>What would happen if these had be 'special' master
>disks, and I needed to reinstall it?
>
>By all means, serialize, personnalise, check the integrity of
>personalisation info at random moments... but don't go for
>'hard' protection.

I agree totally.  Unless your product is selling for $50,000 a copy, a 
name and serial number should be just fine for you in my opinion.

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