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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AT Surfer Package
- Date: 3 Mar 1996 19:30:48 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- Paul Copsey (paul@hectortd.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- : Osma Ahvenlampi (Osma.Ahvenlampi@hut.fi) wrote:
-
- I seem to have missed Osma's followup somehow but assuming what is quoted is
- correct I guess I can reply to this.
-
- : > >The only comments I would make is that I can buy a new 14.4 modem for $70 CDN
- : > >(without looking around), since the Surf software is mainly shareware the
- : > >price is all I-Net225, and the a1200 is too expensive for the NA market.
- : >
- : > Er.. Surfer does not consist of shareware software. True, many of the
- : > parts of it are also available in some form or another as shareware,
- : > but in Surfer they are a part of a commercial package.
-
- Which means? If AT is including shareware that doesn't involve automatic
- registration with the free upgrades (limited) implied then people are getting
- beta software. What you pay for with shareware is continuing updates, if you
- only got one version of shareware software the whole idea would collapse due to
- bug ridden software. Of course the cynical side of me doesn't see much
- difference between public domain and commercial software in terms of quality
- control. :)
-
- : > The way I understand your comment is that either you think you must
- : > register the programs in Surfer regardless of having paid for them as
-
- No, I don't think you have to register as such, I just think the stability of
- the shareware software included hasn't reached the stage where you can stop
- providing updates whether you want to call it commercial or not. Unless AT
- has some special deal I am unaware of you get one version and that is it.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
-
-