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From: sag@iplmail.orl.mmc.com (Steve Gabrilowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: A better reminder/cripple? (Was Re: Shareware is junk)
Message-ID: <1991May8.143443.5633@iplmail.orl.mmc.com>
Date: 8 May 91 14:34:43 GMT
References: <1991May1.153211.21245@agate.berkeley.edu> <1991May3.133447.21207@nmt.edu> <1991May3.161211.2382@dsd.es.com> <1991May4.195941.20614@unhd.unh.edu> <22240@duke.cs.duke.edu> <1991May07.224227.7659@anomaly.sbs.com>
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In article <1991May07.224227.7659@anomaly.sbs.com>, mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes:

|> Most shareware is shit. Good shareware packages eventually become 
|> commercial.
|> 

How profound!  Could this possibly be because the shareware authors who are serious about providing high quality software eventually get tired of being ripped off?  The best way to help avoid the situation you mention is to REGISTER YOUR SHAREWARE!


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