On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Paul Mansfield wrote: > Martin Sommer wrote: > > Ok, you're right but I hate time bombs and I could avoid to include any > > timebombed trial software into SUSE Linux so far and I hope I can avoid > > it in the future too. > > some ideas to allow the customer to try the software out and verify all the > features work, but not lose revenue > > * ad-ware, pause the video and inject some adverts into it every 5 minutes, > but play whole movie > > * only play the first 10 minutes of a movie > > * only play three movies before reinstall required > > * only play the movie at a smaller resolution, or with a watermark > > * subliminal messages in the sound track saying "buy Novell shares now" or > "send money to Martin Sommer".
Yeah, I vote for the the last point! :) -- Dr. Martin Sommer Product Manager Consumer Products SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, D-90409 Nürnberg Phone: +49 (0) 911 740 530 Fax: +49 (0) 911 740 53 575 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------
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