Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!BILLW@SU-SCORE.ARPA From: BILLW@SU-SCORE.ARPA (William Chops Westfield) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: The problem with share-ware. Message-ID: <735@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 18:38:31 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.735 Posted: Thu Aug 15 18:38:31 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 20:04:18 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 13 Is that it doesn't work well for programs that have a significant market in "corporate" environments. Consider a communications program similar to KERMIT, which has a major user base of corporate type people who use it to send files back and forth to their large mainframe computers. Ok? Now try to picture a "DP manager" trying to tell their purchasing department "please send off 100 $35 "donations" to "Chop's Shareware Inc". No, it's not required. No, its not exactly a purchase. No, they won't accept a company PO. No, we dont have quotes from 3 different distributers, etc, etc..." BillW, whose communication program might have been very successful in corporate environments, but is instead sitting on a shelf, 80% done. -------