home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: mail2news.demon.co.uk!g4wyc.demon.co.uk
- From: Steve Powell <Rock@g4wyc.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: AmiTCP - Registered vs Unregistered
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 17:13:22 GMT
- Organization: UK Private Internet Account
- Message-ID: <9601261713.AA0021p@g4wyc.demon.co.uk>
- References: <82713-822282898@mindlink.bc.ca> <2024.6597T88T312@ci.educ.lu>
- X-NNTP-Posting-Host: g4wyc.demon.co.uk
- X-NewsSoftware: GRn 2.1 19/2/94 (PostNews Fix 31/3/95 Martin Hunt)
- MIME-Version: 1.0
- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
- Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
- X-Mail2News-Path: relay-4.mail.demon.net!post.demon.co.uk!g4wyc.demon.co.uk
-
-
- In article <2024.6597T88T312@ci.educ.lu> manou.billa@ci.educ.lu (Manou BILLA) writes:
- >
- > On 22-Jan-96 04:54:58, Ernie Gorrie (Ernie_Gorrie@mindlink.bc.ca) wrote to All
- > () about AmiTCP - Registered vs Unregistered (<82713-
- > 822282898@mindlink.bc.ca>):
- >
- > Hi Ernie
- >
- > >In article <1054.6593T680T1901@intrnet.net>, seeker@intrnet.net (Robert
- > >Kupcek) writes:
- > >I agree that PPP registered is good value. I'm curious about AmiTCP 4.0
- > >(unregistered) vs AmiTCP 4.2 (registered). I had thought that 4.0 (demo)
- > >was pretty much what people use if they are just going to use GUI-FTP,
- > >AMosaic, or IBrowse to grunt around with. I thought that the registered
- > >versions of AmiTCP were for people who wanted to do fancy things. (I don't
- > >know what the fancy things are as I just grunt around.)
- >
- > >For those of us who only use AmiTCP for apps like AMosaic, is there much
- > >cost-benefit advantage to the (US $100) registered versions of AmiTCP?
- >
- > It's not the usage of apps (like AMosaic etc) that are the difference between
- > the demo and Amitcp 4.2 (reg).
- > But the possibility to use different protocols or even dynamic access.
- > My internet provider uses the BOOTP (protocol) and dynamic addresses so I had
- > no other choice than buying AMITCP because this is NOT possible with the demo!
-
- I would have thought the reason to register/purchase would be, more to
- do with, the fact that you're using the *demo* version of a non free
- product. Once you've finished *evaluating* you either find an
- alternative or pay your dues. Which is now, about where I find myself.
-
- --
- /// A M M I GGGGG A Steve Powell G4WYC
- /// AA MM|MM I G AA Bracknell, UK. IO91pj
- \\\ /// A A M M M I G GGG A A
- \\ /// AAAA M M I G G AAAA Rock@g4wyc.demon.co.uk
- \/// A A M M I GGGGG A A Demon Internet, Amiga A4000/040 & AmiTCP
-
-