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Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1987 00:59
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1987 00:59
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Perhaps, one among the many reasons why shareware is failing is the number of dealers who feel that they can package "FREE" software as part of the system. I have had a number of IBM-PC clone dealers ask be to put together a BUSINESS package for them. In each case I have refused. Another reason is the chase for better, faster, and etc etc hardware; nearly every day a new board <etc> comes on the market. People are just "pooring" their money into hardware and grab what software they can. The concept used by products like Instant Recall etc. is good. It lets the user try the product first. How many times have we all been burnt by a program that purports to do something only to find that it's a lemon.... down the drain goes a few hundred bucks.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!hplabsc!netnews From: netnews@hplabsc.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.comp-soc Subject: Re: Shareware demise, and the evolution of computer users... Message-ID: <1247@hplabsc.HP.COM> Date: Sat, 7-Feb-87 19:59:30 EST Article-I.D.: hplabsc.1247 Posted: Sat Feb 7 19:59:30 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 9-Feb-87 02:31:04 EST References: <1124@hplabsc> Distribution: world Lines: 13 Approved: taylor@hplabs