Re: Shareware demise, and the evolution of computer users...

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1 total messages Started by taylor Sat, 07 Feb 1987 21:43

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Author: taylor
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1987 21:43

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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?, and 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 they 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 perports to do something only to find that it's a lemon....
down the drain goes a few hundred bucks.

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