tim@lenti.med.umn.edu (Tim Leonard) (12/28/90)
Can anyone tell me what kind of copy protection Superplan (the spreadsheet) uses? I read in Amiga World that it uses the dreaded dongle but is also available in a non-copy protected version for $10 more. Creative computers only lists one version and couldn't tell me which it was. Thanks, Tim Leonard tim@lenti.med.umn.edu
fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (12/29/90)
You can only get the unprotected version when you register your purchased
copy of Superplan. It is encrypted with your name and address so that they
can trace unauthorized copies. Note that Raw Copy, which undongleized my
purchased copy of Superbase Personal 2, MIGHT do the same for Superplan.
Or, you could get MaxiPlan, which uses no dongle, and is a pretty good
spreadsheet...
--Rick Wrigley
fhwri@conncoll.bitnetdavidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) (12/29/90)
>>>>> On 28 Dec 90 01:32:54 GMT, tim@lenti.med.umn.edu (Tim Leonard) said:
Tim> Can anyone tell me what kind of copy protection Superplan (the
Tim> spreadsheet) uses? I read in Amiga World that it uses the dreaded dongle
Tim> but is also available in a non-copy protected version for $10 more.
Tim> Creative computers only lists one version and couldn't tell me which it
Tim> was.
Superplan (and Superbase) are dongle protected out of the box. Precision
Software is a European based software developer (England, I think) where copy
protection is almost mandatory (I saw recent figures suggesting that software
piracy is larger than software sales in Germany). However, the non-copy
protected version of either is available for a nominal fee (~$10) from
Precision in their Dallas office:
Precision, Inc.
8404 Sterling St., Suite A
Irving, Tx 75063
(214) 929-4888
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"If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) (01/03/91)
davidm@cimshop.HP.COM writes: >piracy is larger than software sales in Germany). However, the non-copy >protected version of either is available for a nominal fee (~$10) from >Precision in their Dallas office: Just to make it really explicit: that's a nominal _additional_ fee. You can't just get the programs for that price. That's the incremental price to get the dongle-free versions after you have gotten your 'best deal' on the stock dongle protected version. (It was worth it for me...and I think Superplan is a much better spreadsheet than MaxiPlan; I got up to version 1.9B, I think, on MaxiPlan till I couldn't stand the crashes and lost data anymore. Based on repeatable crashes related to spreadsheet operations, I rate MaxiPlan 'Unacceptable'.)
dhansen@amiganet.UUCP (Dave Hansen) (01/05/91)
Well, I've got MaxiPlanIII v3.5 and have never lost data with it. I have
tried the SuperPlan that a fellow Amiga user purchased for a week before I
gave it back to him. I'd never buy it. It's about as intuitive as Lotus123.
I have never completely read the MaxiPlan manual, and while support is
lacking, I'll not switch unless something goes wrong with it. It's a darn
nice program.
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