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- From: ronell@caron.victorville.ca.us ('Ronald Elliott')
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: AmiTCP - Registered vs Unregistered
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 21:56:16 GMT
- Organization: Global Connect, Williamsburg VA
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- In article <82880-822759460@mindlink.bc.ca>, Ernie Gorrie writes:
-
- > In article <9601261713.AA0021p@g4wyc.demon.co.uk>, Rock@g4wyc.demon.co.uk
- > (Steve Powell) writes:
- > >
- > > 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.
- >
- > That is how I normally view things, but for some reason I thought I had
- > read something in the docs that essentially said, "If you just want to muck
- > about, feel free to use the demo; if you want to do serious work with
- > AmiTCP, order the registered version." As a mucker who wouldn't know where
- > to start doing serious work, I've just been using the demo.
- >
- snip...
- >
- I think part of this arose from the fact that AmiTCP *used to be
- freeware*. When they moved to the shareware concept what I heard was
- something like: 'this is the last freeware release (the demo). if
- you want to stay on the upgrade path, register. Of course I could be
- imagining I heard it for the benefit of my concious :).
-
- Ronald Elliott
- ronell@global.gc.net
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