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From: daly@ecs.umass.edu (Bryon Daly, ECE dept, UMass, Amherst)
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Subject: Re: Anarkey (was Re: WCED -vs- CED)
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Date: 2 May 91 23:01:24 GMT
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In article <1991May1.201528.28235@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>, davel@booboo.SanDiego.NCR.COM (David Lord) writes:
>>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.

I agree with Dave.  The same thing happened with me, using Hyperdisk.  First
time I booted up with it, I found it has some excessively long delay time at
boot up (My computer is on and off many times a day, and this adds up), so
I removed it immediately, virtually untried.   While an annoyance might
motivate me to register more quickly, if it is TOO annoying, I won't even
start using it to see if I like it enough to register.

> 
> 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.

Same here.
> 
> --
> Dave.Lord@SanDiego.NCR.COM

-Bryon Daly
daly@ecs.umass.edu