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In article <15217@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes:
>To conclude, then: Usenet is a poor source of shareware registrations
>because, as the home of message exchange and SOURCE freeware, it neither
>expects nor particularly welcomes shareware or any other commercial
>software *distribution* at its expense.  Neither Usenet nor any other
>existing medium has an obligation to "justify" its shareware
>registration rate.  What a thought!
>

To conclude, then:  Usenet is a poor source of shareware registrations.
Why that is, well, that hasn't been settled.  Certainly, the fact that
little shareware is distributed on the net might be one reason for it.
Another might be that people are not aware of what shareware really is.
Another reason might be that somebody told them "Oh, don't pay for it!"
and people opt not to pay for it rather than have to listen to those
petty justifications.

My mailbox, by the way, Tom, shows me that you know as much about how the
net, whose members you presume to speak for, as you do about the shareware
business.  That is, virtually nothing.

Finally, Tom: nobody would expect any medium to try to justify itself.
The members of this net are not represented by you.  You seek only to
justify your own beliefs.


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