Comment by Brian_K_White

Comment by Brian_K_White 3 days ago

Autocad 10-12 back in college. Cost thousands of dollars in 80s/90s dollars, Not officially allowed to copy, but in reality effortless to copy and run at home for free.

There were other products aiming to be just as good at the same time that were actually protected with dongles and such.

The one that everyone could run at home is the one that took over the world.

taneq 3 days ago

Same with Photoshop, and Windows, and plenty of others. Intentional or not, the ease of copying these products is what made them ubiquitous.

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akoboldfrying 2 days ago

I think Windows was ubiquitous because for a long time there was nothing else usable for Joe Average on PCs, and PCs were essentially the only game in town until Apple got its act together.

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