¢(The following is taken from¢M.A.G.I.C. D.O.M. for October 1990,¢and is worth spreading around,¢hopefully to be copied by other¢newsletters)¢¢¢¢Share Ware¢by Calamity Jane¢¢I love the Share Ware idea... I mean¢the WHOLE thing. If you like a program¢and can use it... then send the¢programmer the money. For the most¢part, the Share Ware programs I have¢seen are top quality stuff... I mean,¢top quality. DCopy by Ralph Walden,¢is the first I got involved with. I¢use it EVERY DAY!! Now with the FoReM¢BBS program supporting the Doors <the¢on-line games etc>, we will see more¢of this spring up. The Mailer that¢allows FoReM to F-Net, is Share Ware.¢The Mailer was not a one week job, but¢several months worth of very hard¢work. In my opinion, Dave Chiquelin¢deserves something.¢¢The -=*Space Empire=-* game has taken¢alot of time and effort... Jon¢deserves something also. So does¢every one else who desires/deserves¢it.¢¢I F-Netted a "check" <done in the¢message base> to Dave Chiquelin for¢the Mailer program -- have you had¢much luck cashing that yet? <grin>¢And, today I sent my ten bucks to Jon¢Radoff for the -=*SE*=- game, but I¢went a step further. I have a friend¢that is, well busted up and busted...¢<a long story, I shall skip> He wants¢the game desperately, but ten bucks is¢ten bucks. It would be so easy for me¢to get the game for myself and zap off¢a copy and F-Net the sucker to him,¢and not care whether HE pays for it.¢I chose not to do this... I paid for¢him also. After all, I would rather¢have HIM owe ME !! Some of you are¢going to think I am nuts... fine, go¢ahead, but I think so much of this¢Share Ware program that I will do all¢I can to support it.¢¢It's one thing for me to pay 40+ bucks¢for a piece of software, that I¢discover is a pile of garbage. And of¢course I don't REALLY know this, till¢I boot it up and play!! But it is¢quite another situation for me to play¢with the software, get to know it, and¢see that it fits my needs. Then send¢my money.¢¢The Co-SysOp of The Prairie Chip,¢Byron Cullen, is writing a game for¢the FoReM Doors... It will be Share¢Ware. Will I pay him?? HIM??¢Probably not, I can get away with just¢feeding him... <grin> He will take me¢up on it, even though we are a few¢hundred miles away... I do not doubt¢my Co... The Chip will be home base¢for this new game and I shall attempt¢to see he gets what he deserves... I¢know how much work has gone into his¢spectacular game. I only have so much¢control though...¢¢Another method I thought was a nice¢way to pay for Share Ware, was to send¢the programmer two bucks or two¢disks... You know this one isn't in¢it for the money... The disks are for¢saving all that wonderful data on...¢If the author of something you use,¢wants ten dollars and all you have is¢five -- by all means send it !! He or¢she will appreciate the fact you even¢bothered.¢¢Support the Share Ware idea... May it¢Live Long and Prosper...¢¢Permission granted to reprint¢¢ -=-CJ-=-¢¢---------------------¢¢At last month's meeting, we were¢discussing what the club could do to¢promote shareware. I ran across this¢article on the Atari Computer¢Enthusiasts of Columbus (A.C.E.C.),¢Ohio BBS (614) 471-8559 and thought it¢might be appropriate considering the¢ongoing discussion. I downloaded it¢on 9/16/89 but I don't have any idea¢how old it is but the points Calamity¢Jane makes are still valid. - Grant¢-¢¢ *************************************¢¢¢This SHAREWARE topic was discussed at¢a recent OL' HACKERS meeting, and we¢also think its timely and valid!¢SUPPORT SHAREWARE AUTHORS!¢ Ye Olde Editors¢
