| ??? 10/11/05 16:22 Read: times |
#102233 - how to be sure of the copy Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Kai Klaas said:
Why are you sure, that it's really the same?? Erik gave an excellent answer in PS of http://www.8052.com/forum/read.phtml?id=102223 . I have a similar story - the product was copied not only with the errors; they even used the same font for the labels marking the buttons... Except, they came from a country where they don't have the particular type of "accents" we use on certain letters - they omitted those :-) They even had the guts to put it in front of our machines on a local exhibition... (as Erik said, there was no point in suing them) Kai Klaas said:
Also, the only chance against competitors is to be better and faster! Improve your code and make changes all the time, so that your competitor is always a step behind. Copying is sometimes so fast that the competitor is able to come out with the copy within days if not hours of your upgrade appeared on the market - while you worked on it for months... The approach how to deal with possible copying and/or security all depends on the particular application/market. Jan Waclawek |
