Xref: utzoo comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:15227 comp.misc:12922 Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Subject: For fun or money? Re: ALED goes to the wastebasket here in Iceland Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Date: 16 Jun 91 16:35:15 Message-ID: Followup-To: comp.misc In-Reply-To: mbb@cbnewsb.cb.att.com's message of 15 Jun 91 22:22:00 GMT References: <1991Jun15.172306.19724@uwasa.fi> <1991Jun15.222200.26041@cbfsb.att.com> Sender: usenet@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu In article <1991Jun15.222200.26041@cbfsb.att.com> mbb@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (martin.brilliant) writes: Very often the authors of shareware are doing it for fun, and they like to hear comments and suggestions, and like to be helpful. If they're not in it for the money, why are they asking for money? Shareware is NO different from commercial, proprietary software -- it just uses a different marketing scheme. -- --russ I'm proud to be a humble Quaker. I am leaving the employ of Clarkson as of June 30. Hopefully this email address will remain. If it doesn't, use nelson@gnu.ai.mit.edu.