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From: labc-3dc@web-3d.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Daemon
Summary: patience...
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Date: 11 Apr 89 20:55:10 GMT
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In article <8904111532.AA14478@wpi> GREYELF@WPI.BITNET writes:
>Daemon as of version 2.1 works on the GS.  Daemon however is limited
>by three major points:
>
>1) It requires a mousecard (Laser 128, IIc, IIe enhanced or not, IIgs)
>   There have been no reports from gs users.

Huh?  It reads like you expect //gs owners to plug in a card (which is
a tad absurd).  It's built in on the //c and //gs; what about Laser?

>One question, does anyone out there feel guilty having Daemon and not
>paying for it?  Should I drop the price to $5?  Or just make it freeware?

First of all, be patient.  Secondly, don't expect checks to come flying
in from all corners of the globe (as any shareware author will tell you).
I've only paid the fees on programs that a) I used often, and b) showed
a lot of work (Davex, SHRConvert).  I imagine most people behave
similarly.

>I want people to enjoy it, as I've said, there's no money in it.

How about a pricing scheme patterned (somewhat) after Talk is Cheap?
Make the early versions freeware, and then when you get to a point where
it's fairly well developed, start asking for shareware fees.  Nobody
wants to pay for a program that isn't fully developed (no flames about
its present state... if it were fully developed, we wouldn't be getting
weekly updates, right?)

>Michael J Pender Jr  Box 1942 c/o W.P.I.        I wrote SHELL and Daemon,

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