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- From: cpalmer@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (Colin Palmer)
- Subject: Re: Is SASG shareware really such a good idea?
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- Organization: Actrix - Internet Services
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 13:41:53 GMT
- References: <m.willsher-0502961519390001@case2.sys.uea.ac.uk>
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- In article <m.willsher-0502961519390001@case2.sys.uea.ac.uk>,
- Matt Willsher <m.willsher@uea.ac.uk> wrote:
- > I registered MUI about a year ago, an was quite pleased with it. It does
- > look very nice and all, and ú15 seemed a reasonable price for such a large
- > amount of work. Now it seems I am forced to pay another ú8 for a so called
- > 'major' updated. What so major? It's still the same damn packeage witha
-
- MUI 3.x is the first "major" update since MUI 1.0 There were quite a few
- significant changes between 2.x and 3.x, which makes 3.x quite a major
- change. Since the authors have out a lot of additional work into it (not
- just bugfixes), they deserve a little more money.
-
- > few new nice things, but it isn't worth another ú8. It seems that loyal
- > users are not getting what they deserve and are in fact being very much
- > ripped off by the SASG idea.
-
- I think you get an incredibly good deal out of SASG. Some software
- companies don't even offer cheaper upgrades when they release a new
- version of their software.
-
- > If i'd waited for another year before
- > registering (which I really wish I had done), I could have had MUI 3.2 up
- > and running by now. Instead, I register 2.2 and get on update and get
- > charge a lot more for a little more.
-
- Well, like I said before, this is the first major update in MUI's
- lifetime, so while you may have been caught out this time (there are
- always going to be people who buy something just before the updated
- version comes out), you probably won't have to pay for another update for
- a while.
-
- > If anyone can justify SASG and the programmers who are using this scheme
- > I'd love to hear it.
-
- I think SASG is more convienient, both for the programmers and the users,
- then requiring the programmer to hand registration alone. And the prices
- are, IMHO, very reasonable compared to commercial software, and even
- other shareware programs.
-
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