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Re: A better way to entice registrations

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From: Mike Marcelais
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 15:29
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In article <s1110238.726574439@giaeb>, s1110238@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Lee Hollingworth) writes:
|> vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
|> 
|> >My feeling was that software crippling _detracts_ from potential
|> >registrations.
|> 
|> >Now comes the enticement: if you register the program, you get a set
|> >of keycap stickers that you can adhere to the keys, [...]
|> 
|> >This is crippling in reverse! Instead of *disabling* a feature of
|> >the program, the author offers an *addition* to it.  This is
|> >intelligent, positive marketing.
|>                        ^^^^^^^^^(just a marketing play on words)
|> 
|> What is the difference between disabling a feature and offering an
|> additional feature upon registration, just a few words?
[Spell checker removed]

No.  The language program is fully functional as it is.  Everything works. 
However, upon registration, the stick on letters for the keyboard make using
the processor more convenient.  Nothing extra is enabled; the on-screen 'board
can be turned on/off in all versions, just the Press-on letters enhance the
editor.  Disabling the spell checker in your version prevents users from doing
any spell checking.  This is something that is definitely crippled in your SW
version.  

|> 
|> Lee Hollingworth
|> s1110238@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au

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Subject: Re: A better way to entice registrations
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