Re: This Concept is Called Shareware?

1999-12-07 Thread Miles O'Neal

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said...
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|Hello everyone. I want to let you know about a very successful way to
|do business on the Internet. I own my own business and i have
|discovered that the best way to market my product is by simply letting
|my customers, see it before they buy.

Wow.  Wish I'd thought of that.  Sheer brilliance.
Maybe you should trademark and patent it...

|This Concept is called Shareware
|and it is availabe now thanks to the internet.

Aha.  The shareware I have seen on diskettes at stores
and swap meets, an din magazines, must have been something
else.  (Of course, so is the GIMP...)

|However, Shareware is
|only cost effective when your product is information based.If you would
|like to see how this method of Marketing works. You can check a site
|offers Free information using this concept. The site is
|www.wiseoldmule.com/members/TXGIRL50/index.shtmlHoping this information
|to be helpful JOYCE SCOTT 

Gee, www.wiseoldmule.com/members/TXGIRL50/index.shtmlHoping
seems to be a NOT FOUND...



Re: This Concept is Called Shareware

1999-12-07 Thread Tomas Ogren

On 07 December, 1999 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent me these 0.6K bytes:

> Hello everyone. I want to let you know about a very successful way to
> do business on the Internet. I own my own business and i have
> discovered that the best way to market my product is by simply letting
> my customers, see it before they buy.This Concept is called Shareware
> and it is availabe now thanks to the internet. However, Shareware is
> only cost effective when your product is information based.If you would
> like to see how this method of Marketing works. You can check a site
> offers Free information using this concept. The site is
> www.wiseoldmule.com/members/TXGIRL50/index.shtmlHoping this information
> to be helpful JOYCE SCOTT 

Yeah! We should definately turn Gimp into shareware! Just think about
all the nag thingies we could put in! Like not be able to save! Yiha!

/Tomas - continues hacking free software
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Tomas Ögren, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ing.umu.se/~stric/
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