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- What is POST-Ware?
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-
- For programs in the Shareware or Careware domain you pay a small amount of
- money. Authors of Public Domain programs expect you to send them a small
- amount of money in appreciation. This does not work. Most people will not
- pay for Public Domain programs and they come up with the most astonishing
- reasons. Shareware programs are mostly paid for once. After that they are
- copied (illegally) many times.
-
- POST-Ware programs are based upon the Human-nature of not wanting to pay for
- anything if you can get it for free. Let's face it, the chances of getting
- dragged to court by some author are astronomically small. So, knowing this,
- authors of POST-Ware programs don't expect anybody to pay for their efforts.
- But they DO like to know whether their program is actually being used
- (=copied) and how it performs. So, they request each user to send them a
- picture-postcard. This way the author knows that somewhere out there someone
- is actually using his program. If he is lucky he'll get all kinds of
- postcards from all over the world and he can put them to many uses:
-
- 1. Hang them on the wall as decoration
- 2. Look at them to boost his ego when he is feeling down.
- 3. Use them as a reference, when applying for a job (success not guaranteed)
- 4. You can think of a few more, can't you?
-
- Since the cost of a postcard and stamp are so small, the chances of
- receiving a postcard are much bigger than those of receiving any money.
-
- If you like using this application please send
- a picture-postcard to:
-
- Maurice Hendrix
- Bergeijkstraat 17
- 5043 BD Tilburg
- The Netherlands
-