Internal security of Rev?

[Mark Talluto]

On Jul 18, 2006, at 2:15 PM   Jul 18, 2006, Chipp Walters wrote:

> Nope,
>
> Actually, I did get to use Byte by Byte's 3D product on the Amiga. The
> company was based here in Austin. Funny, tomorrow I'm meeting with the
> old CEO of Byte by Byte to talk about using Rev on a new Enterprise
> CRM app he's starting up. Small world indeed!
>
> Back in the old days, just about every decent 3D package used
> dongles--- many still do. Though most of the companies I know of have
> very customer friendly ways of dealing with lost dongles. In fact, Jim
> Plant, CEO of Newtek told me he wasn't too concerned as he's mostly
> interested in helping his customers. If more than a few were lost by
> the same company over a short period of time, he might become worried.
> The simple matter in the 3D world is, if you steal the product (thus
> not supporting it), you may find the company no longer around later
> on!


This is all very true.  I remember Byte by Byte's product.  There  
were a few cool 3D apps on the Amiga including Newtek's Video Toaster  
and accompanying software.  I am currently using Carrara and Hexagon  
which do not use dongles.


Mark Talluto
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CANELA Software
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