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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AT Surfer Package
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 18:04:51 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- Osma Ahvenlampi (Osma.Ahvenlampi@hut.fi) wrote:
- : In article <4gqa1r$p1c@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie) writes:
- : >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.
-
- : 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
- : a part of the kit already (not true), or that you don't think
-
- Then how does that work? Who will be supplying the limited free updates?
-
- : shareware costs anything. If you meant the latter, well, I'll just let
- : everyone draw their own conclusions.
-
- No, I think shareware is just beta software without the updates. If somehow
- the shareware in the surfer pack means you are a registered user of it and are
- entitled to the few free updates then great, you are getting something for your
- money. If things like MUI just come with a pre defined setup and you have to
- register it to change things then you are not paying for it.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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