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Posted by DaveW on 13-Apr-2002 14:26 GMT | In reply to Comment 19 (Keith Blakemore-noble): Keith
I cant claim to have read as much into the announcement as you clearly have but even if what you say is true there is nothing stopping companies shipping PPC boards at the Zico level with AmigaOS4 bootstrapping ( or whatever the damn technology is ) is there?
It is almost analagous to NewTek when I had to buy a Toaster just to get my hands on LightWave all those years ago. I didnt mind the tax because the Toaster just happened to be a nice bit of kit.
No. Bad analogy.
I guess what Im saying is I dont see the Microsoft like motives there. I see a hardware key that *must* be shipped with a copy of the software to prevent me cutting a duplicate of AOS4 CD and giving you it. They also dont have a Microsoft like monopoly position and it would be hard for them to abuse it.
We ask companies to be self regulating for quality, branding and certification is one very popular way to do this.
IMHO I dont see anything sinister here, if it slows down piracy then I dont blame them after all they are a company not a charity.
Dave |
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