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Article #538Re: A better way to entice registrations
From: Ryan Snodgrass
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:11
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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Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uvaarpa!concert!fletcher!snodgras From: snodgras@cs.unca.edu (Ryan Snodgrass) Subject: Re: A better way to entice registrations Message-ID: <1993Jan11.181152.6698@cs.unca.edu> Keywords: Shareware registration Cyrillic editor Russian UK Thomson Cyril Sender: news@cs.unca.edu (Usenet News Adm) Organization: University of North Carolina at Asheville References: <1iitbaINNlef@crcnis1.unl.edu> <s1110238.726574439@giaeb> <1993Jan10.152944.12391@ncsu.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 18:11:52 GMT Lines: 41