How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - SMR Forum 3 Archive 4

How to avoid the EX upgrade cost

Posted by Philip Brandes [IP: 24.8.188.112] on September 29, 1999 at 20:54:59
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In Reply to: How to avoid the EX upgrade cost posted by Brent Sim on September 29, 1999 at 19:33:32:

: Seems to me that either one of your excellent ideas would be secure enough if the serial number, for example, had to match between the upgrade software and the Lexicon unit you own. I know, it would mean that Lexicon would have produce each floppy or CD separately, and not in volume quantities.

Serial numbers are not accessible to the software. How would this prevent someone from installing pirated or borrowed software to which they were not entitled? There is no way it could be checked at installation.

The point of the EEPROM approach to copy-protection is not to catch people violating it, it's to prevent unauthorized use by making it harder than a simple software download. I'm not saying it doen't make upgrades less convenient, but given that's Lexicon's position it's something i think we'll have to live with.

Cheers,
Philip Brandes

Follow Ups:

How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Brent Sim 06:35:46 09/30/99 (11)

How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - SMR [WizOp] 12:58:45 09/30/99 (6)
- How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Chris Vachon 14:39:22 09/30/99 (5)
  - How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Brent Sim 04:45:42 10/01/99 (4)
    - How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Nigel Pond [SysOp] 19:58:54 10/01/99 (0)
    - How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Paul Prior MD 19:37:57 10/01/99 (2)
      - How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Brent Sim 09:16:09 10/02/99 (1)
        
        How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Brian Schuster 07:34:12 10/04/99 (0)
How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Philip Brandes Communications 10:13:33 09/30/99 (3)
- How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Jim Staszak 14:51:42 09/30/99 (2)
  - How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Philip Brandes 15:02:42 09/30/99 (1)
    - How to avoid the EX upgrade cost - Nigel Pond [SysOp] 20:00:07 10/01/99 (0)

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