SB>While copy protection has it's place, my opinion of it for the most part 
s
SB>that it is a royal pain for the user. It always causes problems in one of 
th
SB>following areas: Backup, Install or reinstall, deinstall. Depending on the
SB>scheme it can cause compatibility issues and/or other problems. Requiring
SB>your
SB>user to have the floppy in the drive would really be a pain because they
SB>might
SB>want to keep a data floppy in the drive for moving files between machines,
SB>doing data backups, etc. Many people I know will absolutely refuse to buy
SB>copy
SB>protected stuff. Most of the large companies abandoned it years ago. If 
ou
SB>have some specialty software or niche product that really needs protected,
SB>the
SB>least obstrusive I have seen is the device that plugs into the printer 
port.
SB>Your software checks it for a serial number or something and wont run 
withou
SB>it. Of course that could get expensive too and you'd have to add it to the
SB>cost
SB>of the software.
Pretty much what I already said.   I recall one program where they
used a dongle, that I still haven't figured out why.  It was a program
that controlled this huge parts drawer system.  The system was probably
two or three stories high, and allowed one to type in a part number, and
the specific drawer would be brought to the window.  Now, without the
machinery, the software was useless....and since I am sure the cost of
the machine included the software, protecting it made little sense to
me.
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