Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!ukma!s.ms.uky.edu!sean From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Shareware is junk Message-ID: Date: 1 May 91 14:19:28 GMT References: <1991Apr30.174659.9082@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <1991May1.052706.29496@uwasa.fi> Organization: The Leaning Tower of Patterson Office @ The Univ. of KY Lines: 20 ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes: |The lighter side of things is the terminology that has ensued like | begware | crippleware | nagware |And there must be more in the offing. And don't forget... threatware. More offal than offing is my verdict after downloading and testing about 500 pieces of pd and threatware since January. It's sad to see a badly written program--one with no sense of art whatsoever--accompanied with threats should one fail to pay. Sigh... -- ** Sean Casey