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#Shareware Survey

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#178862From: Michael SheaDec 18, 1994 9:13 PM
I would like to take a quick survey: 1. What shareware/PD software do you use on a regular basis. 2. If some form of electronic registration and payment of shareware software, like GO SWREG, were available for titles, do you think you would register more shareware titles than you do now? Thanks…. ._ _ _ INTERNET: mshea@math.arizona.edu | | |ichael _>hea COMPUSERVE: 76665,3360
#178936From: john bennettDec 19, 1994 10:13 AM
1> AP, Term, VeiwTek, FR_Bypass, other system stuff I wish I could get rid of sometimes :^) 2> Definately ….John
#178956From: Dominick J. FontanaDec 19, 1994 11:35 AM
Michael, 1) AutoPilot; Term; AIBB; Sys Info. 2) No. Dom Fontana –> Sent from NY via AP <–
#178994From: Steve AhlstromDec 19, 1994 4:00 PM
2) I would register far more if they were available in SWREG (as opposited to your "like GO SWREG"). I am not one to be printing order forms, finding envelopes, then a stamp, send a money order, etc., then wait for who knows who long.
#179004From: Paul IdolDec 19, 1994 5:23 PM
1) AlertPatch Magic Menu MMBCommodity MultiClock PowerSnap ToolManager ARTM DiskSalv3 MegaD UUxT MUI WBStartupManager Leggi VT VLT VirusChecker lHa AutoPilot (that's most of them at least) 2) Yah, very likely. Paul – wearing my black construction paper funeral suit
#179023From: Ash WyllieDec 19, 1994 7:38 PM
1. Term,AP,ScreenMenu,some printer drivers,soon a spooler,twin express,geo_time. 2. Yes, particulary in the case of European pgms. Trying to deal with the mails and currency problems are more than I want to do. -ash Kyfho
#179060From: Eulogio (DJ) GarciaDec 19, 1994 10:02 PM
ToolManager, SCSImounter, VIM, MagicMenu, MagicWorkbench, DeskTopManager, KingCON, PrintManager, PrinterManager, MultiOS, IconUpdate, AddInfo, Term, ARQ, MousoMeter, StickIt2, LHA, VLT, VirusZ II, MUI. I also use AP, DiskSalv3 and Diavolo, which I don't consider shareware but commercial software, but just in case … Yes, something like SWREG would make it practical to pay and register, especially the cheaper ones, which end up taking too much effort, and costing more trying to make the payment than the payment itself, when they're outside the country the user lives in. DJ On AP from Queens, the thrill and excitement of the Big Apple Where the ice cream truck plays Helter Skelter …
#179066From: Robert ComerDec 19, 1994 10:17 PM
1: Amiga – Autopilot, SID 2, DICE, MACH 3 thru 5. OS/2 – ZOC, Dirmaster. 2: Definitely. Warp 3 — Engage! Bob Comer Cheyenne, Wyoming U.S.A.
#179080From: Phillip A. CochranDec 19, 1994 11:27 PM
1. Noting in particuler. 2. Heck, ya! And a lot quicker. – Phill Helpin push Heavies thru Atmosphere
#179128From: Ed VishootDec 20, 1994 7:50 AM
._ _ | | |ichael, Why do you want to know? Here's my input anyway 🙂 1. That's easy, <looking into WBStartUp>: FR_Bypass Arq CenterScreen CycleToMenu MagicMenu PowerSnap ToolManager Upd Starburst ClickNot 2. I prefer a more traceable/accountable method for payment of shareware (GO SWREG works for me) but I doubt that would change the number of shareware products I go for. I've only had one bad experience with making the shareware payment (for lha) but it has changed my entire attitude about how I pay for shareware! Humm, now I think about it, I would appreciate the convenience of electronic payment… EdV
#179260From: Karl F. KugelDec 21, 1994 1:58 AM
1. Print manager, viruschecker, powersnap, FracBlanker, switcher, Term, sysinfo, screenx, ARTM, SnoopDOS, ARQ, Addmenu, and of course LHA. 2. Yes, very much so, especially with the European programs. -Karl
#179342From: Peter WadeDec 21, 1994 5:45 PM
1. Registered Autopilot (not sure this is really shareware though), AmiTCP, ParNet, stevie (vi clone), ToolManager, PowerSnap, lha 2. Yes! I used SWREG to register Autopilot. It is much easier than sending foreign currency overseas and hoping it gets to its destination. Peter Wade Autopiloting from London, England
#179404From: Charles BlaquiereDec 21, 1994 11:51 PM
I use: AutoPilot UUxT, GUI front-end for UUencoding/decoding, by Asher Feldman View, by Michael Hartman AmiQWK II, by Jim Dawson ToolPrefs 2.1, by Nico Francois NickPrefs, by Nico Francois SCSI mounter 2.03, by Martin Blatter As for your second question, I find online shareware registration convenient and attractive. I would be more enclined to register for shareware if offered in electronic format. Blaq!