On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 11:45:17AM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > don't see a way to prevent dongleware without also preventing Google > -- really, what is a hundred thousand machine server farm and five > years of data but a really, really big dongle?
A dongle is a piece of hardware designed to be used in conjunction with some DRM software. It's a way of making software "act like hardware", which is important for the intuitions of some people who can't wrap their minds around making money any other way. Google has some intrinsic value even without that DRM software. [You asked...] -- Raul
