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- Shareware History...
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- Shareware started many years ago. PC-TALK, PC-Write, and PC-FILE
- were among some of the very first. As with any program, they all
- came out of the need for a specific type of program. The authors
- all tried the shareware concept, and found it very successful.
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- The basic idea was to tell people they could copy and distribute
- the programs to others. Many suggested donations, registration
- fees, and some even had a special serial number, and the more
- you distributed, the greater the chance you'd get a commission.
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