On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 11:25 -0800, James Newtons Massmind wrote:
> My main client is transitioning from a hardware to a software based system
> (my fault <grin>). He is not at all comfortable with standard software
> licensing (and in this specific case, I can see why) and so wants to include
> a hardware locking key to control the use of the software. His clients won't
> mind since they are used to the current hardware anyway. Other comments
> regarding how evil dongles are should be tagged [OT], please.
> 
> The problem is that I can't seem to find any company that offers them in
> medium small quantities ( low hundreds ), for reasonable prices ( e.g. < $20
> each ) and releases source code samples for how to connect to them. I had
> assumed there would be a DLL you include in your installation and you would
> call if from your application, but everything seems to be much more complex
> and secretive. We aren't trying to stop hackers here, just keep the users
> honest.
> 
> Has anyone had any good experiences with this? I'd sure appreciate a
> referral.

Are the machines internet connected? Perhaps a software license type
system is easier to implement, something like the online activation
microsoft does.

TTYL

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