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- From: robert.heuman@rose.com (robert heuman)
- Subject: RSA Data Security Not
- Organization: Rose Media Inc, Toronto, Ontario.
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 07:26:46 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.072647.415@rose.com>
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- Date Entered: 12-18-92 02:15
- strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
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- S(> I guess companies think there's a big enough market without it. Given
- S(> the notorious lack of ethics in some countries, leading to massive
- S(> software piracy (Italy and Taiwan come immediately to mind), they
- S(> probably aren't losing much anyway.
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- Unfortunately, David, this penalizes multi-nationals, who then lose
- the ability to communicate the resulting files to their off-shore
- locations, and need to use TWO versions of the same product to cover
- both domestic or international locations. They tend to NOT BUY such
- restricted software, so market IS lost. I know that I will NOT buy
- crippled software, and that is exactly what software that cannot be
- used by my employer WORLDWIDE in ONE version is, in MHO.
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- Bob Heuman <robert.heuman@rose.com>
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