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Not to forget that the software (until the mid-late '90's and early 2000): 1) was licensed "for life" 2) did NOT "phone home" your data (actually had no way t
by jaclaz 7y ago
Not to forget that the software (until the mid-late '90's and early 2000):
1) was licensed "for life"
2) did NOT "phone home" your data (actually had no way to phone home at all)
- jhbadger 7y agoOn the other hand "for life", in the 1980s and early 1990s, was a bit different - your platform could go extinct. You might technically have a license to a program on a Tandy Color Computer or Atari 800 or even the more popular Apple ][ and Commodore 64. But all those platforms were abandoned by their manufacturers (and most of them went bankrupt anyway).
- jaclaz 7y ago>But all those platforms were abandoned by their manufacturers (and most of them went bankrupt anyway). And later Virtual Machines/Emulators for them were invented and (possibly with some limitations/quirks) you can still use that software.
- PonderousBug 7y agoTrue! But much, much more expensive.