Slightly OT: DOS programs in Win XP

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Tue Jan 4 02:04:49 2005

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From: "John Foust" <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: Slightly OT: DOS programs in Win XP


> 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
>

Good luck buying a new copy of AutoCAD 12 for DOS from them today. I am not
even sure what the license stated back then about selling the program to
another person legally.
Received on Tue Jan 04 2005 - 02:04:49 GMT