Re:Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
by mirimir on Monday April 22, 2019 @03:40PM
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If they didn't catch bugs, maybe they also wouldn't catch booby-traps. Are there examples where developers have done that?
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Re:Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
by ChickeNES on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:27PM
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FTDI modified the driver for their USB<->RS232 chips so that it would brick counterfeits: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/ftdis...
Re:Otonomo, with nearly $55M in funding, is cloning our product
by mirimir on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:42PM
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So not one that worked out well.
The article discusses Microsoft's anti-piracy measures. And it brings back horrible memories. So I had this server, running Windows Server 2000. And there was a nearby lightning strike, which bricked the motherboard.
But hey, service contract. Except that the company had gone through reorganization. So they sent me a motherboard that was comparable and compatible with the box. But it had a different seller code, so my copy of Windows Server 2000 wouldn't install.
Microsoft couldn't/wouldn't fix that. So I had to return the replacement motherboard, wait for another replacement, and install it. But hey, it all worked out in the end.