Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!aplcomm!uunet!mcsun!tuvie!iiasa!wnp From: wnp@iiasa.AT (Wolf PAUL) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: For fun or money? Message-ID: <1054@iiasa.UUCP> Date: 17 Jun 91 13:44:11 GMT References: Organization: IIASA, Laxenburg/Vienna, Austria, Europe Lines: 19 nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: + 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. Because once they write something for whatever reason (fun, personal need for such a tool, etc) they think, "Hey, maybe someone else can use this! And if a handful of users register it, I ain't gonna say no to a few extra bucks!" -- W.N.Paul, Int. Institute f. Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg--Austria PHONE: +43-2236-71521-465 INTERNET: wnp@iiasa.iiasa.ac.at FAX: +43-2236-71313 UUCP: uunet!iiasa!wnp HOME: +43-2236-618514 BITNET: tuvie!iiasa!wnp@aearn.BITNET