Anmerkung: Bei der Demoversion fehlt das Programm "Config.Opus". Bei der Installation erfolgt dann eine Fehlermeldung.Hier bitte 'Cancel' anklicken ! Directory Opus Professional Read Me First Last updated July 7th, 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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). 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. You should also read any Addenda that may be present on the disk for the latest information about the program. 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. 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). 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. 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. 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. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE READ THIS 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Thank you, Jonathan Potter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------