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Re: A Solution to the Shareware Dilemma?

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From: Chris Christensen
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1988 01:01
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>To make matters even worse, we have for-profit companies like
>Educomp and Public Brand Software that *charge* for a disk full of
>shareware, making it even more unlikely that the end user will
>pay a second time.

To the credit of Educomp, their recent catalog stated that if you sent them
a receipt (or cancelled check) from shareware obtained through them, they
would give you a discount (can't remember how much, 10$?) on your next 
purchase from them.
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From: cnc@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Chris Christensen)
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Subject: Re: A Solution to the Shareware Dilemma?
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Date: 17 Feb 88 01:01:51 GMT
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