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From: gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor)
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Subject: Re: Solarian II 1.03 now available
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Date: 25 Sep 90 16:20:28 GMT
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In article <1990Sep22.224003.9703@agate.berkeley.edu> deadman@garnet.berkeley.edu (Ben Haller) writes:
>  Some people have talked about commercial distribution for Solarian II.
>Just to make it public, I have decided against that, mostly because it's
>too much trouble and I have no easy way of finding out if the various
>companies that have offered commercial distribution are trustworthy, etc.

	A cheer for Ben Haller!

	Granted, I don't have Solarian, and I've only played it once
or twice, but it's wonderful to see a software author who's still
committed to the shareware concept.

	It seems that all too frequently these days, an author will
create a shareware or freeware product - and if that product becomes
successful and/or widely used, will go commercial, forever limiting
the distribution of the wonderful product(s) to the over-priced stores
we've all been to, and limiting the usefulness of their product to
what a commercial distributor tells them.

>  Enjoy the new version, spread it across MacLand to
>everyone everywhere...thanks for your support. 

	Thank -you-, Ben.

	DISCLAIMER: Yes, I know that there exist well-done shareware
to commercial products, and that some packages have been bettered by
going commercial.  But the commitment to the MacCommunity shown by a
shareware author who keeps his product in the shareware domain, freely
distributable by all channels, is a commendable thing, IMHO.

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