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Article #1498Re: Why do people want PD software?
From: Peter Busser
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 15:00
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 15:00
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reisert@sttng.mlo.dec.com (Jim Reisert) writes: >1. People want to "try before they buy". >2. People want the (usually) better prices and support of shareware > vs. commercial software. >3. Shareware is perceived as more readily available (FTP, etc.). >4. People are opposed to supporting Microsoft or any of the other > software giants, and would rather do business with "the little guy". >5. People want software, but can get away with not paying for > shareware. 6. People want to play with sources. 7. People don't want to be a captive of a certain software or hardware vendor Greetings, Peter Busser
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!hacktic!utopia!global!peter From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Why do people want PD software? Message-ID: <4@global.hacktic.nl> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 15:00:37 GMT References: <1992Aug19.180643.24274@PA.dec.com> Organization: Global Village 1 Lines: 15