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Article #9642Re: SoftAT demo Scandal?!?!? (Demo message *is* real!)
From: David R Zinkin
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 04:25
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 04:25
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Charlie isn't the only one who spoke with Insignia; I called them today myself to ask for the story behind the "demo". What I was told was that there *is* such a thing as a "demo copy" of SoftAT, but it's not a "demo" in the usual sense. A SoftAT "demo copy" is sold for $75 to consultants and dealers to allow them to convince potential customers to buy SoftAT. The "For Demonstration Only" message is meant as a reminder for dealers and consultants that the SoftAT "demo copy" is licensed only for the purpose of demonstrations, and not for doing any "real" work, despite the fact that the SoftAT "demo" is in fact fully functional. It appears, then, that someone got hold of one of these "demo copies" of SoftAT and uploaded it to the archives, either not realizing or not caring that the "demonstration" message relates to how the copy is *supposed* to be used, not how it *can* (or can't) be used. -- Dave
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!zinkin From: zinkin@acsu.buffalo.edu (David R Zinkin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: SoftAT demo Scandal?!?!? (Demo message *is* real!) Message-ID: <BzDyz8.LC7@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: 17 Dec 92 04:25:56 GMT References: <1gmo6cINNhk7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1gnvqiINNlmf@morrow.stanford.edu> <1992Dec17.031315.9104@netcom.com> Sender: zinkin@eerie.acsu.buffalo.edu (David R. Zinkin) Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc Organization: UB Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu