Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: 4dos - where can I find it? Message-ID: Date: 12 Sep 90 20:05:36 GMT References: Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu's message of 12 Sep 90 23:20:13 GMT >>>>> On 12 Sep 90 23:20:13 GMT, roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) said: > hollen@megatek (Dion Hollenbeck) writes: > [regarding J.P. Software] >> They have a bulletin board from which you can download the latest >> demo copy (full-featured but with expiration date) > Expiration date? Yikes! Is this the same version found on SIMTEL? > I can understand wanting to boost registration, but an expiring command > processor sounds a bit dangerous to me. (I keep bootable floppies > around, but not everyone thinks ahead) I just downloaded the latest 4DOS 3.2 and it shows no evidence of an expiration date in the software or documentation. It *does* say that you should register the software after a 21-day trial period if you continue to use it. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "every now and then things become clear" -- jane siberry