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- From: alex@cs.umd.edu (Alex Blakemore)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: painless software distribution (was Re: Open letter to NextDevelopers)
- Message-ID: <59187@mimsy.umd.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 14:45:37 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.230813.26811@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> <1992Jul21.153045.2395@informix.com>
- Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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- In article <1992Jul21.153045.2395@informix.com> robertw@informix.com (Robert Weinberg) writes:
- > Blueberry Software distributes a neat demo of their file-conversion filter.
- > Send them a blank tape, they send you a tape with their complete filter product
- > When you send Blueberry the purchase price, they send you a password -
- > install the password to disable the encryption, and you are ready to go.
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- nice scheme, but even better if they distributed by email.
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- I called Appsoft for a student copy of WriteNow, gave them
- the credit number in the afternoon, they sent it via NeXT mail and
- I was using it that night. A fast and painless distribution
- scheme that says money for everyone - they said its their preferred method.
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- Many companies will send demos that way too
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- Alex Blakemore alex@cs.umd.edu
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