>    Well, I've gotten lots of repeat business from businesses and from
>individual users.  More often than not, they purchase 1 copy initially, then
>a few days later, they purchase more copies.  I'm guessing that they want to
>purchase one copy and put it on all of their palms, only to find that they
>can't.

This is the case of 'piracy' that I worry about most, and which a hotsync
name based reg code system addresses well. If you don't do it, you will
find that businesses will be more than happy to purchase a single copy and
beam/hotsycn it to everyone in the company. (And if you make it so that
your app becomes a demo if beamed, you actually take advantage of this
rather than losing sales because of it). A simple name based system "keeps
the honest people honest". If you are worried about folks changing names,
than allow for that in your sales policy (ie, charge a minimal fee to cover
your costs, or allow 1 name change per copy purchased, or something that is
not too onerous for the legit. customer, but too much trouble for the
cheapskate).

Brian
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