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In article <sW3pH2y00XcQzXk0PT@andrew.cmu.edu> rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel) writes:
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>Personally, I think that "CrippleWare", that is, software that intentionally
>has features disabled or rude messages that repeatedly are displayed, with
>instructions to send money in order to get the features working/remove
>the message, is the lowest form of nastiness.
>

CrippleWare is a good idea. That is, software that is "semi-functional". A
good example of this is the QuicKeys demo. It is powerful enough to demonstrate
the advantages of QuicKeys (it is even useful in its own right), but not enough
to compete with the product. It also has the advantage of letting the potential
customer mull over the idea of the product for some time before making the
decision to buy.

I don't consider rude messages as part of the CrippleWare idea. Rude messages
are annoying. There have been a couple of rude messages that have made me think
twice about buying a shareware product. In the cases where I am lukewarm but
leaning towards purchase, a rude message tips the scale and I don't buy.