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Sorry to ask, as this seems to be a touchy issue, but from what I’m reading it looks as if pirated copies of CS slightly cripple themselves… is this true?
If so, it’s about time the big software companies learned this trick. I used to work for a company that produced an expensive vertical solution app that used a hardlock for feature and license control. In early versions, any mucking with the code would simply make it not work. In later editions, the hardlock "wrapper" was engineered so that if the code was hacked, the system would work.. but would, for instance, spontaneously reboot on the hour. People actually called tech support for help with these problems… 🙂
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| James Gifford * FIX SPAMTRAP TO REPLY |
| So… your philosophy fits in a sig, does it? |
| Heinlein stuff at: www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah |
If so, it’s about time the big software companies learned this trick. I used to work for a company that produced an expensive vertical solution app that used a hardlock for feature and license control. In early versions, any mucking with the code would simply make it not work. In later editions, the hardlock "wrapper" was engineered so that if the code was hacked, the system would work.. but would, for instance, spontaneously reboot on the hour. People actually called tech support for help with these problems… 🙂
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| James Gifford * FIX SPAMTRAP TO REPLY |
| So… your philosophy fits in a sig, does it? |
| Heinlein stuff at: www.nitrosyncretic.com/rah |
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