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From: derrick@ritcsh.cs.rit.edu (Derrick Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Question!
Message-ID: <2460@ritcsh.cs.rit.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 90 19:10:58 GMT
References: <1478@electro.UUCP>
Reply-To: derrick@ritcsh.cs.rit.edu.UUCP (Derrick Williams)
Organization: Computer Science House @ RIT, Rochester, NY
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In article <1478@electro.UUCP> ignac@electro.UUCP (Ignac Kolenko) writes:
>
>hmmm. i seem to have created yet another controversy over trying to post
>the Quick ST II demo code to comp.binaries.atari.st. Soooo, i want to get
>some feedback from net people on a couple of things:
>
[rationales deleted to save bandwidth]
 
 I support Ignac's posting of the Quick ST II demo. In the past I have brought 
software that I didn't need or never used, simply because I didn't have a good 
idea of what I was getting, even if the dealer let me try it out and read the
manual. I have installed the demo version and tried it out with many of my 
existing programs. This type of tryout is very beneficial, as I found out 
firsthand how reliable it is. 
 I am planning on buying the commercial version as soon as I can find a dealer
near campus who stocks it. I have no unrealistic expectations (Quick ST II demo
left some cursors scattered in Flash, but otherwise it was flawless), and I 
know what I'm going to get.
 I wish that other companies would follow Ignac's example, as I like getting
free stuff, but more importantly, it allows the customer to make a judgemental
decision, which is important as much of the decisions I make as a software buyercomes from secondhand information or shop talk.
 I don't see demo's overcommercializing Usenet. Although Usenet is a non-profit
entity, it serves to distribute information throughout users, and I believe
commercial developers should have that access to inform the public on new
products, and more importantly, demo's to inform the user of what is available
for his or her machine. 

             
>-- 
>=====Ignac A. Kolenko (The Ig)=====watmath!watcgl!electro!brasoft!ignac======
>     co-author of QuickST, and the entire line of Quick Software!!!!
>  Branch Always Software Box 2624, Station B, Kitchener, Ont. CANADA N2H 6N2
>=============================================================================



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