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- Directory Opus Professional
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- Read Me First
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- Last updated July 7th, 1991
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- Thank you for purchasing Directory Opus, the most powerful directory utility
- available on the Amiga. Please take the time to fill out and return the
- registration card, so that you will be eligible for technical support and
- notified of any major revisions to Directory Opus. When you fill out your
- registration card, please be sure to include the correct version number
- (obtained from the About requester or via the Version command).
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- It is important that you read the Directory Opus documentation and the
- following notes thoroughly before attempting to use Directory Opus. Although
- Directory Opus is a very powerful program, it is also a very dangerous one if
- used incorrectly.
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- You should also read any Addenda that may be present on the disk for the
- latest information about the program.
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- Before using the program, you should make a backup of the distribution disk,
- and always work off that copy. You are entitled to make TWO backups of the
- distribution disk for your own use. To make this copy, you should use either
- the Workbench DiskCopy function, the DiskCopy function in Directory Opus, or
- another copy program.
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- Configuration files created by earlier versions of Directory Opus (v2.xx)
- are not compatible with Directory Opus Professional. The Convert utility on
- this disk will convert the old format to a format understandable by Directory
- Opus Professional. You must have the arp.library in your LIBS: directory
- before Convert will run (consult the Directory Opus manual for more information
- about arp.library).
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- The configuration program, ConfigOpus, is in the root directory of the
- distribution disk. Directory Opus will only find this program if it is in
- the current directory, or the C: directory.
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- The help file operates similarly. Directory Opus will look, by default, in
- the S: directory for the help file. If you have not booted off the distribution
- disk, you will find that the help file is not loaded, unless you either modify
- the configuration to load the help file from somewhere else, or install it
- on your hard drive or similar. Consult the manual for more details.
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- Please note that if you are running Kickstart 2.0 in your machine, booting
- off this distribution disk will entail certain problems. If you wish to use
- Directory Opus under 2.0, you should use the InstallOpus program (described in
- the manual) to install it on your hard drive or boot disk.
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- Directory Opus provides an easy-to-use, intuitive replacement for the
- AmigaDOS CLI, and is more powerful than the Workbench. Once mastered, it
- should make your job easier, and using the Amiga more enjoyable.
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- PLEASE READ THIS
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-
- I know that many people will be turned off by yet another lecture on the
- evils of piracy, but if you are planning to give copies of this software away,
- I ask you to at least do me the courtesy of reading this plea.
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- Directory Opus has been under development more or less constantly, for
- around eighteen months. I have calculated, therefore, that I have spent
- something in the order of 2500 hours on the programming alone. Add to this the
- time spent in testing, arranging the packaging, and other neccessary activities,
- and the time soon exceeds 3000 hours.
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- The costs involved have been many and varied, from telephone calls and
- petrol, to the actual materials needed for packinging. To bring Directory Opus
- to a working state, with presentable packaging has probably cost between $7000
- and $8000. Add that to the average wage for eighteen months work, and we see
- that the total costs to ME are between $45000 and $50000.
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- Obviously, I now want to get something back for my time, effort and money.
- You must realise that when you buy Directory Opus, you are not BUYING the
- software. You are buying the disk the software is stored on, the box it is
- packaged in and the paper the manual is printed on. You are also buying a
- LICENCE to use Directory Opus, and a LICENCE to use the information presented
- in the manual. I still own the software, and therefore, it is theft if you
- give copies away (you are giving to someone else something that does not
- belong to you). This is ILLEGAL.
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- The Australian Amiga software industry is small at best. There are very few
- actual developers working in Australia; most of the software you buy here is
- from America and Europe. It could take just ONE illegal copy to bring about
- the downfall of program as a viable commercial product. One illegal copy,
- once distributed to a pirate network, can spread rapidly over the world.
- Obviously, the more people that have a free copy of software, the less people
- are going to pay for it. If developers are not rewarded for their work, they
- will soon stop developing.
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- Each copy of Directory Opus has its serial number embedded within it. This
- is almost impossible to remove, as there are many complex checks and
- encryptions around it. Therefore, any illegal copies of Directory Opus that
- are found can be traced back to the original purchasers. Of course, this
- system depends on the purchasers returning their registration cards, but if
- you do not register, no technical support or updates are available anyway.
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- YOU have paid for this software. Therefore, YOU have the right to use it.
- Why should someone else who hasn't paid have access to it? You might want just
- to give one copy to a friend, but can you trust them not to give copies away?
- It basically means that YOU are paying for other people to have the software.
-
- Before this spiel becomes too lengthy, please consider this. Instead of
- giving copies away, suggest to your friends that they buy the software. If
- someone wants to see the program, invite them around to your house and show
- them your original. Or even better, give them a copy of the freely
- distributable demo version. Please don't pirate this software - it is illegal,
- as well as being immoral. Software piracy can not be justified, no matter how
- you look at it. If anyone can justify it, ring me reverse charges and explain
- it to me. I'm not expecting a marked phone bill increase.
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- Thank you,
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- Jonathan Potter
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