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Originally Posted by wodin
Yes, I remember Lotus 1-2-3. Anyone with a binary editor (MS-Dos came with debug.com) and a little knowledge could edit the machine code and flip one bit and Walla! DRM disabled!
That being said, the federal government put a moratorium on the purchase of any copy protected software, and SuperCalc became an instant success. Lotus soon changed their tune and published a non copy protected version, but was never able to recover. They were eventually bought by IBM.
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DRM/copy protection killed Lotus 1-2-3. It also caused a lot of problems for a lot of businesses. All because of DRM/copy protection. Was it worth it? No.