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Article #352painless software distribution (was Re: Open letter to NextDevelopers)
From: Alex Blakemore
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:45
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:45
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In article <1992Jul21.153045.2395@informix.com> robertw@informix.com (Robert Weinberg) writes: > Blueberry Software distributes a neat demo of their file-conversion filter. > Send them a blank tape, they send you a tape with their complete filter product > When you send Blueberry the purchase price, they send you a password - > install the password to disable the encryption, and you are ready to go. nice scheme, but even better if they distributed by email. I called Appsoft for a student copy of WriteNow, gave them the credit number in the afternoon, they sent it via NeXT mail and I was using it that night. A fast and painless distribution scheme that says money for everyone - they said its their preferred method. Many companies will send demos that way too -- ------------------------------- Alex Blakemore alex@cs.umd.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!mimsy!alex From: alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: painless software distribution (was Re: Open letter to NextDevelopers) Message-ID: <59187@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 23 Jul 92 14:45:37 GMT References: <1992Jul20.230813.26811@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> <1992Jul21.153045.2395@informix.com> Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 17