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- From: s1110238@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Lee Hollingworth)
- Subject: Re: A better way to entice registrations
- Message-ID: <s1110238.726574439@giaeb>
- Keywords: Shareware registration Cyrillic editor Russian UK Thomson Cyril
- Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <1iitbaINNlef@crcnis1.unl.edu>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 10:13:59 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
-
- >My feeling was that software crippling _detracts_ from potential
- >registrations.
-
- >Now comes the enticement: if you register the program, you get a set
- >of keycap stickers that you can adhere to the keys, [...]
-
- >This is crippling in reverse! Instead of *disabling* a feature of
- >the program, the author offers an *addition* to it. This is
- >intelligent, positive marketing.
- ^^^^^^^^^(just a marketing play on words)
-
- What is the difference between disabling a feature and offering an
- additional feature upon registration, just a few words?
-
- If I say that upon registration you get the "spell checker" of an editor
- I'm trying to distribute you think you are getting something extra. If
- I say the spell checker is disabled you feel like you are being ripped
- off in the demo version...
-
- >[...] but it does illustrate perfectly the difference between
- >simply CRIPPLING an existing function (something any idiot can do)
- >and offering a true ENHANCEMENT (something that takes a bit more
- >imagination and inventiveness to devise.)
-
- They are just worded differently, in the end you still only get the
- "whole" package once you register!
-
- Lee Hollingworth
- s1110238@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au
-