Executing Encrypted Code
Andrew Loewenstern
andrew_loewenstern at il.us.swissbank.com
Fri Dec 20 13:19:32 PST 1996
Hal Finney writes:
> The answer presumably is that the software manufacturer will
> sell software with such limits for much less than he will sell
> unlimited software. That's because software piracy is such
> a major problem, and this way he can be protected against
> piracy from this copy of his program. So people with these
> CPU's can buy their software a lot cheaper.
I believe this is a pipedream. As it stands now, virtually all of the
software that requires special hardware dongles is ridiculously expensive,
even compared to similar offerings from other companies.
andrew
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