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^TITLE=What is Shareware?
^SHAREWAR.PCX-1R
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^01^-1Shareware software?
^-2^00Shareware is a software marketing method, not a type of software.
Unlike software marketed through normal retail channels, where you are
forced to pay for the product before you've even seen it, the
shareware marketing method lets you try a program for a period of time
before you buy it. Once you have tried a shareware program, you know
whether it will meet your needs before you pay for it. Shareware
programs are just like programs you find in major stores, catalogs,
and other places where people purchase software - except you get to
use them, on your own computer, before paying for them.
Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before
buying it. If you try a shareware program and continue using it, you
are expected to register. With registration, you get anything from
the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program
with printed manual.
Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial
authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases,
there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the
method of distribution.
The shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can
try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low
also. Shareware has the ultimate ^04^-1money-back guarantee^00^-2 - if you don't
use the product, you don't pay for it.
Copyright laws apply to both shareware and commercial software, and
the copyright holder retains all rights.
If you would like to learn more about shareware, the following
Internet Web site may be of interest to you:
^04http://members.aol.com/shareware/
^00
Press ^^ESC to exit this program.
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