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  • Subject: Re: Is it possible to crack the BPCS Key logic?
  • From: "Bill" <brobins3d@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 06:54:21 -0700

Well, this one brought me out of the woodwork.

> This list is _NOT_ for the purpose of avoiding license
> fees.  Besides, if you haven't figured it out in eight years, you don't
> _deserve_ to...

I don't think the purpose of "breaking" the security code is necessarily a
question of avoiding license fees -nor- is it necessarily a question of the
viability of SSA.  Let me set up a hypothetical situation for you:

Customer is a long time client of SSA.  Customer has decided to stay on
405CD due to the hardware requirements and horror stories of those running
V6.  SSA states it will no longer support 405CD.  Customer drops OGS seeing
no need for it if the software will no longer be fixed or upgraded.
Customer moves to a RISC machine from a CISC.  SSA denies a permanent
software key for the new machine without an OGS contract.  Terms of the BPCS
contract were that the software was licensed for a user count -not- a
machine processor level.  SSA refuses to budge from its position.

Now do you see a reason to break the code?  Now do you see a reason why
after 8 years it hasn't really been contemplated as to how to break it?

No, I'm not the original poster of the question, but it is one that I've
thought about asking for a while now.

Bill


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