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From: ccrovac@yogi (Paul Hirose)
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Subject: Re: Auto-deleting shareware  (was:Re: Shareware)
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Date: 17 Jan 91 09:00:37 GMT
References: <1991Jan13.153544.12059@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <11014@darkstar.ucsc.edu> <15581@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <11147@ucrmath.ucr.edu>
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In article <11147@ucrmath.ucr.edu> rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) writes:
>sound ridiculous, but it is inconvient to me.  Share ware authors should get
>together and form a company to collect shareware fees (there are some of these
>outfits in the IBM world.  I've had good luck with them).
	I know this really doesn't make it, but Zavtra would be a nice
	start...they already have pretty good Shareware stuff (although
	I don't have any of their SW) along with nice Demos and good
	-potential- program (Zlaunch) comes to mind.
>
>Many shareware authors fail to provide the promised support.  I've yet to get
>a decent manual for 4DOS (for IBM PCs) even though I called them and gave them
>my credit card #.  
	Hopefully, the Apple world will be nicer than the PC world
>
>This is a major problem with shareware.  Make it more convenient to pay
>for it and I'll do so.  Till then, I just won't use it.
	For one Shareware program I got, I paid the guy off on GEnie,
	using the "Gift of Time" program (before they started their
	*Services).  That wasn't too bad.  Maybe something like
	this for CIS/AOL/GEnie could be started.


Paul Hirose
pthirose@ucdavis.edu


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