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From: loafman@convexe.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: enforcement of Shareware
Message-ID: <63200028@convexe>
Date: 15 Feb 88 15:41:00 GMT
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Nf-From: convexe.UUCP!loafman    Feb 15 09:41:00 1988



I too have sent in money for shareware.  I've received good support,
good products and a fair price in return.  I've also spent good money
on 'commercial' products for which I've been given horrendous support,
flaky performance and a large tax writeoff.  Would much rather have
the smaller tax writeoff and something I can use, especially something
I can try before I buy.

BTW, the above big tax writeoffs have forced me into the mode of
temporary piracy on more than one occassion.  Rather than paying many
hundreds of dollars for a product sight unseen, I've borrowed a copy,
tried it out, and then paid for it IF I could use it, otherwise, I've
trashed it immediately.  I now have legitimate copies of anything I
use and have no qualms about how much money was spent.  I would guess
that I have about 60% shareware, 30% commercial, and 10% self made.

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