Brian,
I don't want to start a war, but let me tell you where I am coming from...
Basically, I am spending the time to make a useful app that I think would
benefit others. I have purchased several shareware apps that make my life
easier. Occasionally, I download something that I think will be useful. Of
course, I won't purchase it at download time because I want to make sure it
is worth the asking price and even works at all. I end up deleting most
shareware apps that I download because they don't work very well or don't do
what I had hoped. A few shareware apps work very well but to be honest
unless that app reminds me or inconveniences me I will not register it. I
have too many things to do to keep track of what I installed 30 days ago
etc. to adhere to shareware agreements. I don't mind a warning window. Out
of the 6 palm apps I purchased this year I did it because of a warning or
built it inconvenience.
So without "polluting the entire world's devices" is there a clean way to do
this?
Thanks
- Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Mathis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 3:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Persistant data storage for registration purposes?
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Rubin, Dan wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > What is the best way to store persistant data in a way that
> it does not get
> > removed if the application that creates/uses the data is removed and
> > re-installed. I would like to store something like an
> integer etc... that
> > would be used for registration purposes (to keep track of
> how many times the
> > app is started etc...)
> >
> > Thanks for any tips...
> > - Dan
>
> This has been hashed out before, but basically, here's my
> feeling. Your
> app isn't important enough to me to let you store stuff that I can't
> remove from my device. I don't care if it's the coolest, newest, most
> amazing thing in the world. The people who are going to pay
> will pay, and
> those who don't want to, won't. The minescule amount of $$
> you might not
> receive is not worth polluting the entire world's devices.
>
> --
> Brian Mathis
> Direct Edge
> http://www.directedge.com
>
>
