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On Fri, 08 Mar 96, Jonathan Badger typed the following line(s):

> The real question is *why* people insist on writing
> shareware. Shareware is a blight upon humanity --

Excuse me? So you rather had I would *not* have released say
HTML-heaven to the public but kept it for myself? Now if I
ofset the # of registration for that programs against the many
hours it took to develop it, my hourly wage would be about $.05.
Not much, but it is enough to keep me motivated...

< by definition,
> shareware authors are amateur programers who program for fun, and not
> to put food on their table.

Where did you get that definition? As it is incorrect in a lot of
cases. Eg. mine and the AWeb author to name but two.

> Why not be a freeware programmer instead?

I have released freeware stuff, eg. StartDia, TimeCheck and
ScanGuide. (to name some little amiga tool)

But you seem to be one of those who think all software should
be free. Well, developing HTML-Heaven has taken a *lot* of my
time and I think I am entitled to at least receive some form
of reward for that. Evn if it is just enough to buy a piece
of software or hardware for my Amiga. Are you forgetting that
SAS C (whihc I'm using to develop) isn't free either. Nor are
developer materials such as the RKM's and such...

Attitudes such as yours and singh's are what is driving good
programmers away. Like John Veldthuis. And FWIW, I am very
seriously considering not to release any public versions of
HTML-heaven. Development will continue as I use it myself
intensively and I respect my registered users. So new versions
(and there will be those) might just be usable for the user
who has registered and received their key-file. or I might
sell it off as a commercial program. So no more 'try before
you buy'...

Regards,
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