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- Subject: Re: More on MODEDIT/crippleware
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.200611.14267@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- From: sjmadsen@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Steve Madsen)
- Date: 16 Nov 92 20:06:11 -0500
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- > Check out my previous post; I'm not a thief or some weenie who does
- > not pay his bills, just an idealist I guess :-). The way I see it, a person
- > can be "crippled" yet still functional; so can a program. In the same way
- > ModEdit is still functional but two features, no matter how minor, are
- > "crippled." Just as in your toolkit the Ymodem/Zmodem protocol is "crippled."
- > Just as a human can lose a finger and be minorly "crippled" yet still fully
- > function in most activities. I would like to see the ASP info, though--perhaps
- > we need another new term..."semi-crippleware" or something. Do you know if
- > the ASP info is available over the Internet?
-
- "Crippled"? Let's just jump on the PC bandwagon if we're going to get
- technical. ModEdit 3.01 is "differently abled". Sheesh.
-
- I don't think the ASP info is available over the Internet. I had to
- send off for their disk to find out about all their requirements.
-
- > Just like I should be happy Microsoft released Windows or Word or Excel? Just
- > like I should be happy Lotus released 1-2-3? Shareware is usually just as
- > commercial as the rest of theses, just distributed through different methods.
- > Think about it... (I'm waiting for the flames on this one, but just think
- > about it first.)
-
- Technicalities. By your own arguments, Windows and every other piece
- of software you see in stores is crippleware because you can't use ANY
- functions before paying that registration fee. Does this seem silly to anyone
- but me?
-
- Yeah, shareware is commercial, but you get to try the software out in
- the privacy of your own home (without some salesman looking over your shoulder)
- to see if the software works for you. I think that's being pretty generous.
-
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- Steve Madsen
- Miami University Oxford, OH
- Internet: sjmadsen@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
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