Re: [WinMac] Re: iMac, floppy drives, Steve & Larry

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 05 Feb 1999 19:56:07 -0500

        Actually, Jason raises a valid point about piracy: Aldus PageMaker 4, 4.2,
and 5; and Adobe PageMaker 5.0a also required a license floppy (floppy disk
#2) that had a unique code on it: Even if you entered a different serial
number during the installation the Network Copy Detection scheme would
trigger if two Macs were installed with the same floppy disk #2...

        Cheers!
        Dan

At 10:23 AM 2/4/99 -0700, you wrote:
>There could be many reasons for excluding a floppy drive (but making fast
>ethernet standard). Could it also be Steve's desire to be the man driving
>a paradigm shift across the industry, or even the world, towards fellow
>board member Larry Ellison's network computing model?
>
>Or maybe John Warnock cut a deal in order to gain market share by way of
>Quark's floppy install? Or maybe it was all HAL's idea??? ;-)
>
>Jason Sellers

 -----------------------------------------------------------------

        <mailto:expresso@snip.net, Dan@Hemnet.com>
         
        ALTERNATE: <mailto:expresso@workmail.com>

                Webmaster for <http://www.faulknerstudios.com>

        **Your Corel Solution Partner**

                **Your UltraBac Solution Source**

 -----------------------------------------------------------------

* Windows-MacOS Cooperation List *
* FAQ: <http://www.darryl.com/winmacfaq/> *
* Archives: <http://www.darryl.com/winmac/> *
* Subscribe: <mailto:winmac-on@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *
* Subscribe Digest: <mailto:winmac-digest@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *
* Unsubscribe: <mailto:winmac-off@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b2 on Fri Feb 05 1999 - 16:59:46 PST