Chief Architect discontinued the hardware lock option for the following reasons:   -the technology is significantly outdated.  It was offered as one of our first security options in the early 1990’s.  The software security lock began replacing it about 10 years ago.  As of today, more than 99.9% of the customers use the software lock option   -the cost for developing a future hardware lock given the outdated technology was significant – to the point where much of the engineer