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From: dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Shareware
Message-ID: <1991Jan28.182036.11194@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 28 Jan 91 18:20:36 GMT
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In article <380@generic.UUCP> marekp@pnet91.cts.com (Marek Pawlowski) writes:
>I could bitch about how Shareware has been treating me (not well), but let me
>tell you something else.  People look for more bang for their buck in this
>time of economic repression.  Z-Link is decent.  But for 2 or 3 times the
			       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Which is all it's supposed to be. I wrote it because I needed it. I
figured others would get some use out of it too.

>money, you can get ProTERM, which outranks Z-Link in many ways.

Note that 2-3 times part. I mean, buy what you need, but remember that
suitable (and much cheaper) products exist. On the other hand, pay for
what you use. Software doesn't grow on trees, you know.

>Improve your product, and bring the price down.

I've done the first part w/o doing the second. I figure that $25 is a
nice price for what Z-Link does. If people can't live with that, then
I ask you to stop using Z-Link and *buy* something else. If Z-Link
does suit you, then I ask you to pay for it. Most people will find
that it's not a major economic strain...
--
Dave Whitney
Computer Science MIT 1990	| I wrote Z-Link and BinSCII. Send me bug
dcw@lcs.mit.edu   dcw@mit.edu	| reports. I still need a job. Send me offers.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance" --Binky (aka Matt Groening)