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in article <41550@sun.uucp>, fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) says:
> 
> In article <sW3pH2y00XcQzXk0PT@andrew.cmu.edu>, rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel) writes:
>> 
>> ... [stuff deleted]
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>> This goes for demo versions of commercial software, too. Agreed that
>> distributing demos is a good way to get exposed, but then again,
>> anyone who's really interested is going to go to the dealer and look
>> at it, anyway...
> 
> This assumes, of course that dealers within a reasonable travelling
> range have anything interesting to demonstrate.  Or can actually demo
> anything that they do have...no smiley.  One local dealer can't even 
> seem to keep a Mac +/SE/II running for longer than a day or so.
> 
> 	seh

Our nearest Apple dealer keeps virtually nothing on his shelves. If
you want a demo, you're out of luck. I personally like companies that
provide demo software. One of the things that I do in my job is evaluate
software so I can advise other departments here what to buy. Ideally,
what I like to get is full-fledged versions of software strictly for
evaluation. Most companies don't have such policies. I was pleasantly
surprised the other day when I called Silicon Beach about Silicon
Press. They were pleasant to deal with and could answer all my questions
about the product. I was even more pleased when he said he'd send me
out an evaluation copy, no charge. I didn't even ask! He said that
they find sending evaluation copies the cheapist form of advertising.
If only more companies had that policy...


APDA, and they had never heard of it!
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