Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!larson From: larson@sri-unix.ARPA (Alan Larson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Should demo versions of commercial programs be posted? Message-ID: <869@sri-unix.ARPA> Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 03:11:43 EST Article-I.D.: sri-unix.869 Posted: Fri Jan 9 03:11:43 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Jan-87 06:31:23 EST References: <2115@felix.UUCP> Distribution: world Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA Lines: 11 Summary: demo versions In article <2115@felix.UUCP>, bytebug@felix.UUCP (Roger L. Long) writes: > Should demo versions of commercial programs be posted to mod.mac.binaries? I would say no. The propigation of demo versions of software is, in my opinion, advertising. It seems inappropriate to advertise ones products here. If they were very small, perhaps, but they rarely are. (Shareware even seems to be pushing it a bit, since we all pay for one person to profit from the 'free' distribution service.) Alan