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Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP [message #4319 is a reply to message #4279]

Mon, 22 May 1995 00:00

zawodny
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Registered: August 1992

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In article <3pcq33$s77@mozz.unh.edu> kletzing@unhedi2.unh.edu writes:
>
> I just got an e-mail from IDL on Monday which tells me that
> IDL v. 4.0 for Windows will now require the use of a hardware
> dongle which hangs off the printer port. No mention was made
> of this when they solicited the renewal of my maintanance
> contract. I run IDL on 486 notebook and am annoyed that I will
> now have to lug an extra piece of hardware around so that I can
> use IDL. Not to mention that as a travel a fair bit, this
> increases the odds that I could lose this thing and then have
> only demo-mode IDL to use. What do others think about this?
> I realize that RSI is trying to protect its product, but surely
> there must be a better way.
>
> Craig Kletzing
> craig.kletzing@unh.edu

I am not too pleased with this either. What happens if I have a
printer printer plugged into the parallel port already and the PC sits
inaccessibly underneath my desk. Do I have to Run IDL, Unplug HASP,
Plug in printer, Print plot, Unplug printer, Plug in HASP, Run IDL
some more,... If so this may push us over the edge. All of this
paranoid software security seems so unneccesary.

There may be a better way. Lower the price of the initial software so
that the primary source of corporate income shifts from initial
purchases to a larger base (which arises from the lower initial price)
of software maintanence fees and require that all new versions (except
for major bug fixes) require a new license. This seems to work for
the bulk of PC software companies - they make the majority of their
bucks from upgrade fees.

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		IDL 4.0 & HASP By: kletzing on Wed, 17 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: thompson on Tue, 23 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: kletzing on Mon, 22 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: zawodny on Mon, 22 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: Mark Hadfield on Sun, 21 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: kspencer on Sun, 21 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: gurman on Sat, 20 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: wart on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: rep2857 on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: patterso on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		RE: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: mallozzi on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: patterso on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: Andy Jones on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: thompson on Fri, 19 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: lmudge on Fri, 26 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: Joel Smith on Wed, 24 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: patterso on Wed, 24 May 1995 00:00
		Re: IDL 4.0 & HASP By: heard on Tue, 23 May 1995 00:00
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