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- From: frisk@complex.is (Fridrik Skulason)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Why do people want PD software?
- Message-ID: <76@complex.complex.is>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 17:14:49 GMT
- References: <1992Aug19.180643.24274@PA.dec.com> <1992Aug20.044317.4365@uwasa.fi> <94148@bu.edu>
- Organization: Frisk Software International, Iceland
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- simon1@bass.bu.edu (Simon Streltsov) writes:
-
- >I would like to hear from some shareware authors,
-
- Well, I'm one...
-
- >1/ What is the typical percent of people,
- >who register shareware vs. those, who just
- >"try it for some time".
-
- How on earth should I know that :-) I just hear from those that register...
-
- >2/ How does it depend on price and availability
- >of next version of the program after registration?
-
- Not much, I think - It depends a lot more on the quality of the program and
- whether one has a serious need for it.
-
- >3/ How many people use shareware - popular things
- >like pkzip and programs like calendars, drivers for
- >special needs, stand-alone utilities...
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- Practically everybody has at least tried one or more shareware programs - but
- maybe only around 40% of users use one or more regularly.
-
- >4/ How many people get it from SIMTEL and other archives vs. those, who
- >get it through mail-companies, who distribute disks with shareware?
-
- Again, we shareware authors don't really know - those who register only
- rarely mention (at least in my case) where they received the program from.
-
- However, the answer really depends on who the customer is. Big companies that
- are looking for shareware to use on 40.000 machines don't necessarily get it
- the same place as a private user, using the same program on a single machine..
-
- My advice is at least to try to use all possible distribution channels.
-
- -frisk
-