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From: cnc@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Chris Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: CrippleWare
Message-ID: <870137@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 10 Feb 88 16:59:00 GMT
References: <sW3pH2y00XcQzXk0PT@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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>Personally, I think that "CrippleWare", that is, software that intentionally
>has features disabled or rude messages that repeatedly are displayed, with
>instructions to send money in order to get the features working/remove
>the message, is the lowest form of nastiness.
>
>I figure the following: If I release a piece of shareware, people are either
>going to like it enough to send me some money, or they aren't! No amount
>of irritation by putting in messages, disabling features, etc, is going
>to change that.

This is true, but what people forget is that those that do not send money
do not have any right to use the program. Given the fact that the recent
shareware surveys seem to indicate that we are all a bunch of crooks, I cannot
blame anyone for using this (admittedly irritating) tactic.

Chris