Hi,
Yes, I agree with Cricket here. Having a Lite
version of The Bat for unregistered users will
bring in many more potential users. In fact, I
think the best time to do this would be when v2.0
of The Bat is released. v2.0 will be for the
registered users, while Bat Lite (based on v1.x code
base) can be used to promote The Bat to new users
either by free unlimited usage or charging a
minimal registration fees (like US$10?).
I live in Asia (Singapore) where many people find
US$35 to be too much to pay for an email client,
despite its features. Please remember that in many
Third World countries, the average income is far
lesser than those in the US or EU. FYI, US$35 is
equivalent to S$65, and you can eat at lease 16
meals (foodcourt) here with that amount of money.
Anyway, I think the original poster (Christian Dysthe)
didn't advocate having just one easy-to-use Bat
mailer, but rather have two versions of The Bat,
one Lite and one "normal" version.
Thanks.
> -----Original message begins-----
>
> From: Cricket [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:38 AM
> But as a selling point to get people to buy TB!, after a 30 day fully
> functional evaluation period, the "Lite" version would become default
> until a valid license is purchased.
> I applaud Stefan and Max for producing and continually updating an
> excellant product and believe they well deserved to be paid! By
> causing the evaluation version to migrate to a Lite version the
> customer will not loose their email, but they won't have access to the
> enhancements either....until a valid key is purchaced.
> Cheers,
> Cricket
>
> -----Original message ends-----
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Cheers,
Viboon
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