< As I read it they were going to place some flash eeprom inside the case and this would allow each to be individually programmed with speed, secure ID code etc and even an encryption method which would allow individual signatures to be generated to be used via public keys to make a unique software key so that the sofware vendor could be sure to release one key for one payment and be sure it could be used only on one machine. Any number of software packages could exist in parallel(there may be a limit....?depends on the flash size?) >
Do you really believe this is going to happen?
So this means, if I install a software package on one PC, and a few months later, I buy a new one, I can't put that same software on my new PC. I don't know about you all, but I'm changing my hardware or at least part of it, once a year. But I'm not changing all my software every year.
This is all complete bullshit and a wet dream from some accountants who see every copy of software as a missed sale. If some software vendors are stupid enough to go with it, they will die with it, unless they sell very high priced packages and can give personal support for every customer.
For instance MS Office wouldn't be what it is today - the absolute market leader in his field - if people shouldn't have taken the legal version from their work to put it (illegal) on their home computers. Let's face it, millions of people have done that and it made MS Office the winner. Now think if all those people had to pay for that, how many of them are paying the license. Less than 5%.
I'm not promoting copying because I'm selling software myself, but you have to face reality. this is Big Brother and customers will reject it, that's for sure.
Greetings,
Bert |
