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Re: Why do people want PD software?

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From: Simon Streltsov
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 13:58
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I would like to hear from some shareware authors,
or anybody else has statistics :
1/  What is the typical percent of people, 
who register shareware vs. those, who just 
"try it for some time".
2/ How does it depend on price and availability
of next version of the program after registration?

3/ How many people use shareware - popular things
like pkzip and programs like calendars, drivers for
special needs, stand-alone utilities...
 Maybe there is some statistics on SIMTEL regarding this?
 But it still will be number of people, who try, not of
those who use it

4/ How many people get it from SIMTEL and other archives vs.
those, who get it through mail-companies, who distribute
disks with shareware?


Any opinions?

Thanx in advance,

Simon Streltsov			    	! Disclaimer :
PhD Student,				! I can not speak for the
Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering	! Engineering Dept, ONLY because
Boston University			! I claim to be a mathematician..
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