hamachi@UCBKIM (Gordon Hamachi) (10/05/85)
Please take the time to answer the following questions about freeware. Choose
as many responses as are appropriate. Also, feel free to make other comments.
I will summarize the results.
Reply to hamachi@berkeley.edu or ucbvax!hamachi
1. How many freeware programs/files do you have?
a. None
b. Few (1-3)
c. Moderate (4-10)
d. Many (11+)
2. What percentage of these have you paid for?
a. 0
b. 25% - 49%
c. 50% - 74%
d. 75% - 100%
3. If you have not paid for freeware in your posession, why not?
a. Poor software quality
b. Seldom use the program-not generally useful
c. No incentive to pay-get nothing (else) in return
d. Don't have enough money
e. Software priced too high
f. Software should be free/I never pay for anything
g. Other (specify)
4. If you do pay for freeware, why?
a. Developers deserve payment for good programs
b. Encourage more freeware
c. Promise of free updates or documentation
d. Reasonable prices
e. It is the "right" thing to do
f. Other (specify)
5. What advice do you have for developers contemplating distributing their
software via freeware?
The next three questions are for freeware developers
6. What freeware products do you distribute?
7. What kind of response have you received?
a. Poor-no money
b. Disappointing
c. Moderate-I'm not getting rich but it paid for my Macintosh
d. Great-Tomorrow I buy my Ferrari
8. Will you distribute freeware in the future?
a. No, never again. I'm giving up on software development
b. No, next time I'll go through regular commercial channels
c. Maybe-The results still aren't in
d. Yes. Definitely