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		srssays on Feb 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My CAD software called home, and no-one answered, ... And if nobody else does? Pay their whole salary? Even AutoCAD isn't that expensive.

abandonliberty on Feb 21, 2017 [–]

There is software where a single yearly license costs more than someone's salary.

The problems with these servers though is typically isolated to hobby users who don't have the money to hire people to keep the ancient software working for them.

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