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- Top 10 reasons to register your shareware!
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- 1. Get rid of that annoying delay every time you load the program!
- 2. Registering is fast, easy, and safe with the new online credit card
- registration.
- 3. By registering, you support the author, and encourage the author to
- continue adding new enhancements and features.
- 4. When you register, your registration is automatically good for several of
- my projects - SBNews, SBJV, SBImgExp, SBLog, SBSlot, SBRail, SBPop, and a
- couple of other things that start with "SB". 7+ programs for the price of
- one? Sounds like a deal to me!
- 5. You're already reading this, so we all know you're considering
- registering, so you might as well stop thinking about it and just go
- ahead and do it! :)
- 6. You won't feel guilty anymore when you email me asking for new features
- and/or bug fixes.
- 7. You can tell all of your friends that you supported Shareware!
- 8. If you use the program, it's only right to support the author -- I've
- placed my trust in you by delivering a fully functional version, now
- repay that trust by registering!
- 9. I take registered users very seriously -- I log on several times per day
- to check and process registrations and I am committed to continuing
- support in the future.
- 10. Get rid of that annoying delay every time you load the program!
- (Important enough it ought to be listed twice!)
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- A few words about me (Scott Baker), and my history as a shareware programmer:
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- I have been writing and distributing shareware for over twelve years. I first
- started when I was approximately 13 years old with a DOS bbs door-game called
- Galactic Warzone and I continue today with Internet related applications such
- as SBNews and SBPop. I have always supported my registered users, in fact I
- still converse with some Galactic Warzone players a full twelve years after I
- wrote it!
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- I am committed to providing useful, robust, and well-functioning products. I
- pay close attention to user suggestions, and most of the enhancements you see
- are something that some user, such as yourself, has suggested to me. I take
- care in fixing any problems promptly and always maintain recent and up-to-date
- versions of my software online.
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- I presently have a bachelors degree in Computer Science and am working on
- attaining a Masters degree. I consider each of my programs a professional
- effort generated as a product of my education and my experience in the
- programming community. If you would like to converse with me about my
- experiences with shareware, or are interested in becoming a shareware author
- yourself, then feel free to email me at smbaker@primenet.com.
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- A note about ethics:
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- I feel very strongly about the right of individual privacy. To this effect, I
- do not participate in bulk-mail schemes, nor do I use "SPAM" techniques to
- promote my products. I never have, and I never will. I do not give out email
- addresses to anyone. Period.
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- You, as an individual, have a right to your privacy. And you have a right not
- to be bothered with bulk-advertising tactics. Some day, someone with the
- necessary authority will take charge and put and end to it. I encourage you to
- act to protect your rights.
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- Lately, I have noticed a disturbing trend -- The owners of certain "other" news
- utilities have been shamelessly spamming the newsgroups to promote their
- products. These people purport to sell you utilities designed to filter out
- SPAM, yet they use SPAM to advertise their own product? What's going on here?
- Paying for their services will only contribute to the problems that we're all
- facing!
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