V. Registering Your Copy of the Network ForumV. Registering Your Copy of the Network Forum
The Benefits of Shareware The Benefits of Shareware _________________________
The Network Forum is a shareware program, you may receive a copy of it
for free from a friend or associate, or you may order a copy from a
shareware distributor for a small distribution fee of $6.00 or less.
You may also be able to download it from many electronic bulletin boards
around the world. When you receive it, give it a good thirty day
evaluation on a try before you buy basis. At that point, if you decide
to continue using it you may register your copy with the author, Rob
Robinson at Computing Specialties in Orange City, Iowa for $90.00 for
each server that the Network Forum program is stored on. Please
complete and send in the registration form and the future update survey
when you register. In appreciation, we will send you the latest version
of the Network Forum program, personalized with your company name. The
top window of the menu screens will show "Registered to Your Company
Name" instead of "Shareware Evaluation Version". You will also be able
to receive future updates at $10.00 for minor updates (2.0 to 2.1, etc.)
or $20.00 for major updates (2.x to 3.0, etc.).
The Network Forum is offered at a very inexpensive price, because it is
marketed as shareware. Most world-wide marketing systems involve a
hierarchy of manufacturer, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers,
with each company involved adding a twenty percent to one hundred
percent markup to the cost of the product. Shareware marketing avoids
this system. Shareware distributors normally pay the author nothing for
the right to copy and distribute the software. They simply charge
potential users a distribution fee of $6.00 or less. The author of the
software will only be paid if the software is good enough to use and the
users are good enough to send in the registration fee when they decide
to use it on their network.
If you want to make sure you have the latest version to evaluate, you
may order a shareware disk for $5.00 from Computing Specialties at 523
Albany Avenue NE, Orange City, IA 51041. You will receive the latest
shareware disk and a discount coupon good for $5.00 off when you
register the software.
User Supported Software User Supported Software _______________________
All good software is user supported and directed. Most software
developers give their best shot and publish what they think everyone
will use and like. But only the best will intently listen to their
users and respond with the enhancements and updates that are requested
the most. And only the best take software problem reports seriously and
respond with help or fixes if possible. We want the Network Forum to be
the best and we want it to grow to be a program that is recommended by
all who use it. Since it's shareware, we even want you to pass it on
when you recommend it. We think that if the price is right and the
program is good, people will pay for it. Please fill out the survey on
the following page and return it when you register your version. A
registration form follows the survey.
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FUTURE UPDATE SURVEY FUTURE UPDATE SURVEY
We've started out with some ideas of our own, for you to vote for, but
please add your own ideas to the list. Please Rank your requests by
using 1 for the highest, 2 for the next, etc.
Then send it to us when you register.
VOTE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROGRAM IN FUTURE UPDATES VOTE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROGRAM IN FUTURE UPDATES ______________________________________________________
___ Add Mouse Support
___ Provide more color choices for background and foregrounds.
___ Provide a Windows-like interface
___ Provide a Windows 3.0 or higher version
___ Provide the ability to change colors and highlight text in
an article
___ Provide the ability to include graphics in the articles
___ Fix the problem below or make the following improvement: