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- From: mrmarcel@eos.ncsu.edu (Mike Marcelais)
- Subject: Re: A better way to entice registrations
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.152944.12391@ncsu.edu>
- Keywords: Shareware registration Cyrillic editor Russian UK Thomson Cyril
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- Organization: North Carolina State University
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 15:29:44 GMT
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- In article <s1110238.726574439@giaeb>, s1110238@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au (Lee Hollingworth) writes:
- |> 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?
- [Spell checker removed]
-
- No. The language program is fully functional as it is. Everything works.
- However, upon registration, the stick on letters for the keyboard make using
- the processor more convenient. Nothing extra is enabled; the on-screen 'board
- can be turned on/off in all versions, just the Press-on letters enhance the
- editor. Disabling the spell checker in your version prevents users from doing
- any spell checking. This is something that is definitely crippled in your SW
- version.
-
- |>
- |> Lee Hollingworth
- |> s1110238@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au
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