#ashton-tate
11-May-88 18:52:42
Sb: #123139-#ashton-tate
Fm: Claude J. Gosch 75305,771
To: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
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I agree that the dongle is a nusance, but I feel the program has so many
excellent features that I overlook the dongle. I see it this way, it's
better than a copy protected disk like ashton-tate had previously for dBASE
and LOTUS still uses. Business users still bought those programs.
We use a CADD package at work from Intergraph which runs on an IBM PC and
has a dongle on the printer port. It's never been any trouble.