Ed Leafe wrote: > On Apr 22, 2008, at 1:36 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account > wrote: > >> Oh I agree...M$ has really screwed up on this one, in terms of >> making a >> lot of innoncents feel accused. That was the same negative sentiment >> with the Winbloze Genuine Advantage goofs. Tons of resentment towards >> them, just like Intuit, for their "anti-piracy" stuff. On their >> side of >> the fence, did their numbers rise, hinting that their anti-piracy >> measures worked effectively to yield more official sales I wonder? > > > Probably one of the first software success stories was VisiCalc, > which was freely copyable. People would bring it into offices and > install it on their own machines, and then use it to do the sort of > number crunching that was not possible before spreadsheets. After a > while management would take notice and "get" the whole computer > notion. The result was lots of purchased copies that would never have > been sold if the initial copying hadn't taken place.
Similarly, did the owners of WinZip notice an increase in sales after requiring their software to be purchased or deactivated if not within the 30 day trial period? Outsiders will probably never know. I know I've thought about some sort of program to get users into the FabMate church, something along the lines of "try it free for a year" but I just don't have the time to devote to the marketing and follow-through effort at this time. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
