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Two surprising things are apparent, however, 1) Most of these "users" never bought BASIC (less than 10% of all Altair owners have bought BASIC), and 2) The amount of royalties we have received from sales to hobbyists makes the time spent on Altair BASIC worth less than $2 an hour. The feedback we have gotten from the hundreds of people who say they are using BASIC has all been positive. The value of the computer time we have used exceeds $40,000. Now we have 4K, 8K, EXTENDED, ROM and DISK BASIC. Though the initial work took only two months, the three of us have spent most of the last year documenting, improving and adding features to BASIC. Witness Bill Gates' Open Letter To Hobbyists, written in 1976.Īlmost a year ago, Paul Allen and myself, expecting the hobby market to expand, hired Monte Davidoff and developed Altair BASIC. Microsoft's history with piracy goes way, way back- all the way back to the original microcomputers. Unless you provide some disincentives, that's exactly what people will do- they'll pay nothing for your software.
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The digital nature of software makes it both easy and impersonal for people to avoid paying (note that I did not say "steal"), which is an irresistible combination for many. Unless you oppose the very concept of commercial software, there has to be some kind of enforcement in place.
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Microsoft recently stated that the piracy rate of Vista is half that of XP, largely due to improvements in their Windows Genuine Advantage program- Microsoft's global registration key validation service.Īs a software developer, I can empathize with Microsoft to a degree.
You could, in fact, argue that registration key validation actually works. I don't have a problem with registration keys. I'll choose biased data over no data whatsoever, every time. The BSA estimated 35% of all software was pirated in 2006, but it is just that- an estimate. But it is data, and without the registration key concept (and pervasive internet connectivity), we'd have no data whatsoever to quantify how much piracy actually exists. The vendor is never named, and given that the title of the URL is /software-piracy.htm, I'd expect it to be biased. I have no idea how reliable this data is. Occasional internet connection necessary 60 : 1
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How effective is it? One vendor implemented code to detect false registration keys and phone home with some basic information such as the IP address when these false keys are entered. Like all piracy solutions- short of completely server hosted applications and games, where piracy means you'd have to host your own rogue server- it's an incomplete client-side solution. Unique registration keys exist only to prevent piracy. * Record the latest games and battles for replay and assessment or provide your own tips and video reviews.Software is digital through and through, and yet there's one unavoidable aspect of software installation that remains thoroughly analog: entering the registration key. * Allows your computer to receive and display AirPlay streams from your iOS device * Cast music, movies from your iOS device to your laptop/desktop computer.
Cast iOS screen to big screen which is connected to a Windows/OSX computer. * Cast iOS screen mirroring such app demo and game play from your iOS device to your laptop/desktop computer.
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* Turn your Mac/PC into an AirPlay Receiver * Mirror anything from your iOS devices to your Mac desktop Send iOS device screens to your laptop or desktop(Windows/OSX) Everything you do on your iOS device is wirelessly streamed to your MAC in real-time! Allows you to mirror your iPhone and iPad's screen to your Desktop wirelessly Play games, watch movies, demo apps or present on the big screen from your iPhone or iPad.