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Re: A better way to entice registrations

#538
From: Ryan Snodgrass
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:11
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In article <1993Jan10.152944.12391@ncsu.edu> mrmarcel@eos.ncsu.edu (Mike Marcelais) writes:
>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.  


Yes, but after registering two or three programs you have fifty million key

caps on each key creating total havoc.  I think a more advanced version

should be offer and not even display any feature on the shareware (or Lite)

version that is not implemented in it.



Ryan
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Subject: Re: A better way to entice registrations
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