[comp.sys.mac] To shareware or not to shareware?

ali@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Ali Ozer) (07/22/87)

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Ali Ozer
ali@rocky.stanford.edu

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     I'm relatively new to computing in general and to the Mac in
particular.  I'm developing several puzzles and games (a few of which
are practically finished) and I'm wondering how to distribute them.
Is shareware a good means of distributing a product?  If so, what are
some good outlets for shareware?  EduComp?  USENET? CompuServe?  Do
shareware authors generally receive the fee they request from a
reasonable fraction of those who use their product?  Are there
benefits other than monetary ones that one might accrue by having a
product distributed as shareware?

     If shareware isn't such a great idea, how else might one proceed?

Dennis Wildfogel
S.SINNED@othello.stanford.edu
415-858-1408
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