If an application was designed correctly then it could have a much longer life. Just look at the physical world, good buildings, beautiful structures are around forever. Bad ones are burned for insurance claims. I think bad design is rampant in our profession, and I'm as guilty as anyone.
Microsoft secures many of their MSDN subscriptions with the Passport. Crack someone's Passport and you'll have full access to that person's MSDN subscription including all downloads and product keys. That may get their attention...
That's fine. But what about intellectual property? If I created Lora, I'm damn sure going to have some legal writes to her. When she becomes popular, I'll be asking for a bigger check.
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Obviously my statement isn't applicable in all cases, but it holds true for the majority of them.
If an application was designed correctly then it could have a much longer life. Just look at the physical world, good buildings, beautiful structures are around forever. Bad ones are burned for insurance claims. I think bad design is rampant in our profession, and I'm as guilty as anyone.
Microsoft secures many of their MSDN subscriptions with the Passport. Crack someone's Passport and you'll have full access to that person's MSDN subscription including all downloads and product keys. That may get their attention...
As long as there is p0rn out there, a boat-load of bandwidth is still important.
Great! Now I'll get all of my spam really fast. And all of those DoS attacks, wow, they will kick ass. At least I'll get my p0rn faster...
That's fine. But what about intellectual property? If I created Lora, I'm damn sure going to have some legal writes to her. When she becomes popular, I'll be asking for a bigger check.