[geeks] Vista cost

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Dan Duncan wrote:
> On 2/1/07, Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:
>> DRM and DRM-ish things help prevent cheating and enforces the use of
>> authorized binaries and server rules.
> 
> I played a game across the LAN once (I don't recall the game) that would
> let you use a modified binary or modified config file as long as all players
> used the SAME modified binary or config file.  That seemed pretty reasonable.

Yep, that's what I was saying.

In small groups where you know everyone, you can (hopefully) trust
everyone to do that.

In larger groups, you need something to enforce it.

It's bad enough there are so many illiterate and inconsiderate people
playing without them also cheating.



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