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"Sundial Services" <info@sundialservices.com> skrev i melding
news:3A0317E5.630C@sundialservices.com...
> ("Hey, this is the internet .. just ask 'em!")
>
> Which do you prefer:
>   (a) A time or feature-limited demo that you can download for free.
>   (b) No demo -- what you get is full-featured -- but it carries a
> 30-day money back guarantee.
>
> I'm finding that when I take the time to download a product, which
might
> be three megabytes or more, I really don't want it to be "half of what
> it could be."  And I really don't want to feel that if the product
just
> does not work out, I can't return it.

Dear Sundial Services.

I acknowledge this. The ideal demo only requires a proper license number
to work without demo "naggings" after having purchased it. OK, at least
if there is substantial time involved in testing it.

One exception, though, with applications that needs a large installation
package - like installing MSAccess runtime libraries, installing BDE,
CrystalReports or similar. Then it may be convenient with a small,
stripped demo version that omits some functionality to keep installation
issues out.

> Now, even software -stores- don't want to take product back, yet
Borland
> offers such a guarantee against Delphi.  And, I mean, if Lands' End
can
> promise "Guaranteed, Period.�" on something like clothes ...

I buy all of my software (OK, 9 out of 10 packages) via Internet. *Very*
convenient to avoid a double money transaction, then. Go for the nag !
If you're still doing the ChimneySweep stuff, put some additional record
in each processed table or so, add passwords to tables, or modify the
data in some harmless but annoying way !

--
Bjoerge Saether
Consultant / Developer
Asker, Norway
bsaether.removethis@online.no (remove the obvious)