Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Distribution of shareware for profit without permission
Message-ID: <1594@looking.UUCP>
Date: 1 May 88 02:03:49 GMT
References: <16428@cornell.UUCP> <697@csm9a.UUCP>
Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
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I think these places like PC-Sig and similars do provide value for the money
they are paid.   If you meant for your software to be freely distributed,
and you want the best distribution, you will have to put up with them
making a buck.

They catalog the stuff, have people around to answer basic questions,
publish books and magazines and allow easy ordering.

Recently I wanted a variety of spreadsheet templates.  I just called these
places and had them send me up the disks they had.  It cost money, but less
than it would have to go to BBSs and clubs and track these things down.

In fact, if more people on the net called up these services for programs,
at anywhere from $3 to $6 per disk, it would be a lot cheaper than posting
some stuff to the net.  PSPICE is a good example.
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Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473