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Article #5875Any tips/tricks? [Re: Shareware Distribution]
From: h philip chen
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1991 09:01
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1991 09:01
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Hi, while we're on the subject of shareware programs, can some of you authors post/email and let us/me know if you have any secret(s) to make the users register. I can understand that a postal address may not be enough to get the users to send you their checks. What other method/trick did you use? Self-destruct programs, eg. destroys itself after X number of executions/runs, etc? ... or nagware (heh-heh) that prompts the user to pay-up each time the user selects a certain function, etc? Any other method or none at all? Please write and tell how did the users respond to the method (if any). Maybe we can all learn something before we send any shareware out the door... Well, thanks in advance. Hope to hear from many of you, -philip chenh@athena.ecs.csus.edu PS. your email replies will be strictly confidential.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!usenet From: chenh@athena.ecs.csus.edu (h philip chen) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Any tips/tricks? [Re: Shareware Distribution] Message-ID: <1991Apr20.090140.9406@csusac.csus.edu> Date: 20 Apr 91 09:01:40 GMT References: <1991Apr17.134253.8931@bhpmrl.oz.au> <1991Apr18.174809.27389@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> <3880@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> Sender: usenet@csusac.csus.edu (News account (alt)) Organization: CSUS Lines: 21