Version 12 for DOS was already becoming old when I first learned how to use it
in 1995. So where could I be expected to go out today and buy a licensed copy?
Besides, it's purely for my personal non-commercial use.
LOL, and right now it's NOT being used, because I can't get it to run on my
computer, thus I posted the OT message here. So Autodesk temporarily wins.
--- John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com> wrote:
> At 01:00 AM 1/4/2005, der Mouse <mouse_at_rodents.montreal.qc.ca> wrote:
> >I have no knowledge either way. But it does seem to me that just
> >because person B doubts that person A knows it's pirated does not
> >necessarily mean that that person B has reason to think it's not.
>
> My hints come from his mentioning that several people helped him with
> "finding a copy", as well as my experience with the shark-like rapacity
> of Autodesk's licensing requirements. Call me skeptical. It's not
> like AutoCAD is a thirty-years-extinct product. It's alive and well.
> You're supposed to buy it.
>
> - John
>
>
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