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October 28, 2003

Bricklin Unprotected

Dan Bricklin points out the irony of Microsoft using VisiCalc to demonstrate Longhorn's backwards compatibility:

...the only reason I have a copy that can still work is that someone kept a "bootleg" uncopyprotected copy around

Just further evidence that, as Dan has written, "Copy Protection Robs the Future."

Posted by D. Weinberger at October 28, 2003 06:49 AM

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