🚀 go-pugleaf

rhys@cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley) writes:

> In <V6mqwB2w165w@berry.Cary.NC.US> pat@berry.Cary.NC.US (Pat Berry) writes:
> 
> >This brings up a related question, one that will probably get me nicely
> >flamed by Helldiver users everywhere.  But I'll ask it anyway.  Why are
> >you giving Helldiver away for free?  A program this slick and
> >sophisticated is well worth a modest registration fee -- and it wouldn't
> 
> I am thinking about it for a future version of Helldiver, but until it is
> stable and the bug and wish lists reduce I don't feel right about it (heck - 
> shareware author with morals - what is the world coming too? :-) .

A commendable position!  But here's a suggestion you may want to
consider: Go ahead and decide how much you think the registration fee
will be whenever you start asking for one.  Announce that you are
accepting pre-registrations from anyone who likes Helldiver sufficiently
well to want to support its further development.  Those who pre-register
would automatically become registered users when the time comes.

Just a thought.

-- 
Pat Berry - Cary, North Carolina, USA   |  "At least that's what *I* thought.
pat@berry.Cary.NC.US                    |  But I have a history of missing the
**** Happy user of OS/2 2.0 ****        |  point of stuff like this."
                                        |  -- Homer Simpson