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- From: dhmyrdal@flipper.pvv.unit.no (Dag H}kon Myrdal)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: Acorn news release: Advance
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 14:14:44 GMT
- Organization: ProgramVareVerkstedet - UNIT
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- References: <1993Jan22.120539.19118@cs.nott.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.131726.21494@cs.nott.ac.uk> <1993Jan22.151636.24153@cs.nott.ac.uk>
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- In article <1993Jan22.151636.24153@cs.nott.ac.uk> rsxdp@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (D.Pead) writes:
- [...]
- >I think the best form of protection is to have a serial number encoded
- >in each piece of software so that it can be traced, and to offer an
- >incentive for purchasers to send in a registration form (an extra
- >manual, free upgrades, a cashback offer). A real possibility of
- >pirate software being traced back to the original offender is a
- >pretty good deterrent.
- >
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- The *best* form of protection is:
- 1) Produce good manuals
- 2) Give excellent after-sales service, with free upgrades
-
- I should know. This is why I bought Impression :-)
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- --Dag
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- --Dag Haakon Myrdal, dhmyrdal@pvv.unit.no -
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