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From: davel@booboo.SanDiego.NCR.COM (David Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Anarkey (was Re: WCED -vs- CED)
Message-ID: <1991May1.201528.28235@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Date: 1 May 91 20:15:28 GMT
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>In article <41907@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> erc@radon.berkeley.edu.UUCP (Eric Ng) writes:
>}I recommend taking a look at Anarkey.  I switched over
>}after being a devoted CED user for years.

I used Anarkey exactly once. While I liked the command completion and
editing capabilities the program is the worst example of a really obnoxious
way to get people to register that I have ever seen. Each time you start
it up it displays a random eight digit number that you must type in again
in order to continue. Really rude. I'm just not willing to waste my time
on programs that do that kind of stuff and judging by how much more popular
CED seems to be I'd say I'm not alone.

Shareware authors: While I don't mind a beg screen at the beginning of
a program keep in mind that it's in YOUR benefit to get us to try your
programs. Keeping in mind how much trash is out there (I try out 10 programs
for every one I keep) we don't have a lot of patience. I know you want as
many people to register as possible but it's better to get 5% of 1000 users
than 20% of 100 users. Don't fret the freeloaders. I bet MS DOS is the
most pirated program in the world but Bill Gates is still the richest
programmer.


This shouldn't be construed as condoning not paying for your software.
People put a lot of work into it (at least some of it). If you find
a program you like, register it.

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Dave.Lord@SanDiego.NCR.COM