At 10:19 AM 12/22/00 -0500, Peter Wayner wrote: >I don't see how they will be able to distinguish between the truth >and a lie when a guy calls up and say, "uh, my hard disk crashed. I >need to install it on a new machine." They either authorize it or >they don't. In fact, they'll probably have to automate the process >because it's so expensive to have an actual human on the other end. Just a historical anecdote. Back in the old days, software could be linked to the unique ID on Sun motherboards. To move software to a new machine, you called and maybe faxed something signed (with a pen) to the effect that you weren't ripping them off. This was before the software-based floating licenses became popular. dh
