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Article #46343Re: Crippleware
From: HC Johnson
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1990 20:03
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1990 20:03
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In article <PETE.90Feb14094827@titan.rice.edu>, pete@titan.rice.edu (Pete Keleher) writes: > > I've seen a lot of complaining about "crippleware" in this group, and I don't > understand why. Demos serve exactly the same service as shareware, you play > with the program and then send in your check if you like it. The only reasons > that I can see for complaining are: > > 1) You don't like the lag time that it takes to process your check > and send you a working program. > 2) You have no intention of sending in a check. > From what I've seen, the crippleware is also very large. Probably due to being "finished product". Still the effect of size is to clog x.binaries (Usenet) or cost a lot of download $ (Compuserve, GENIE). All this overhead to get a crippled product. Howard C. Johnson ATT Bell Labs =====NEW address==== att!lzsc!hcj hcj@lzsc.att.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!emory!att!dptg!lzsc!hcj From: hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Crippleware Summary: I think there's a different reason Message-ID: <1304@lzsc.ATT.COM> Date: 15 Feb 90 20:03:10 GMT References: <PETE.90Feb14094827@titan.rice.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: AT&T BL Middletown/Lincroft NJ USA Lines: 21