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True - - - copy protection can result in more headaches for the developer supporting frustrated users than it's worth for the small price he's receiving from each user.
Fair priced tools that are uninteresting to the hacker/pirate seems the better route. . . .
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 10:37:50 +0100 , ralf.bohnet@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Hi Alex,
>
>a few thought about protection an usability (sorry for my not so good
>english)
>
>In former times I bought some blackbox high protected systems/indicators
>(easctrend as example)
>
>Today I use nothing of them anymore.... why ?
>
>The guys bind there systems on things like system hardware etc. so if you
>have
>to change some system components ... harddisk (after failure) etc. you need
>a
>new code
>
>if you want to switch to new hardware... you need a new code
>
>if you use defragmentation some tools wouldn't work any longer you need a
>new code...
>
>For me as a trader its important that my system works ideal 100% all
>the time... I have allways up a second computer as backup ...
>but you can't do this with this kind of tools or you are willing to buy
>them two times...
>
>bad usability ... all protection is a new source of error - that makes in
>practice
>huge problems and as result cost you important time where your systems
>doesn't work.
>
>So after two three times you had this problems you damned this kind of
>protection and tools... and don't use it anymore.
>
>I think there is really NO good way to protect your work out there today and
>nothing can be really protected ... if you can give someone a code to use a
>tool
>there is allways a hacker/specialist which can do this the same way.
>
>The only two I find to be acceptable are to use the build in source
>protection of TS
>so no one can see your work and to bind it on the customer id of the user of
>TS
>(but its disappointing if you have to use TS2000i and TS 7.2 and you got two
>different cust id)
>
>The best protection in my opinon is to offer fair priced tools so it's
>uninteresting for hackers to reverse engineer and make future business
>unattractive for them.
>ironically the tools from the hackers can be better because the don't bother
>you with
>some kind of annoying protection
>
>
>Hope that helps
>
>Ralf
>
>
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