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What is POST-Ware?
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For programs in the Shareware or Careware domain you pay a small amount of
money. Authors of Public Domain programs expect you to send them a small
amount of money in appreciation. This does not work. Most people will not
pay for Public Domain programs and they come up with the most astonishing
reasons. Shareware programs are mostly paid for once. After that they are
copied (illegally) many times.
POST-Ware programs are based upon the Human-nature of not wanting to pay for
anything if you can get it for free. Let's face it, the chances of getting
dragged to court by some author are astronomically small. So, knowing this,
authors of POST-Ware programs don't expect anybody to pay for their efforts.
But they DO like to know whether their program is actually being used
(=copied) and how it performs. So, they request each user to send them a
picture-postcard. This way the author knows that somewhere out there someone
is actually using his program. If he is lucky he'll get all kinds of
postcards from all over the world and he can put them to many uses:
1. Hang them on the wall as decoration
2. Look at them to boost his ego when he is feeling down.
3. Use them as a reference, when applying for a job (success not guaranteed)
4. You can think of a few more, can't you?
Since the cost of a postcard and stamp are so small, the chances of
receiving a postcard are much bigger than those of receiving any money.
If you like using this application please send
a picture-postcard to:
Maurice Hendrix
Bergeijkstraat 17
5043 BD Tilburg
The Netherlands