swiers@plains.NoDak.edu (Mike Aos ) (01/14/91)
In article <1991Jan13.153544.12059@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) writes: >In article <m0iuzQY-00007lC@jartel.info.com> llee@gnh-starport.cts.com (Larry Lee) writes: >>=I= pay for shareware. > >Glad to hear it. You're in the minority. > >>I'm sure that the number of people out there who pay for shareware number more >>than one. Number of people that paid for Zlink delete >Now, I tell people, you wanna make a couple of bucks? Write a neato >program and distribute it as shareware. You wanna make a living? Get a >real job. > >-- >Dave Whitney >Computer Science MIT 1990 | I wrote Z-Link and BinSCII. Send me bug >dcw@lcs.mit.edu dcw@mit.edu | reports. I still need a job. Send me offers. >"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance" --Binky (aka Matt Groening) I guess I never used it that much, and when I did I was into ProTerm, but I always thought Zlink kinda sucked.....now BinSCII is an awesome program! I guess I'd never really thought about it 'till I read your post...how much of a fee would be "reasonable" for users of it (it's freeware, right?, so you don't expect any $$...right???) t h i s i s d e a d s p a c e (it wouldn't let me post it before)
dcw@lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) (01/14/91)
In article <7530@plains.NoDak.edu> swiers@plains.NoDak.edu (Mike Aos ) writes: > >I guess I never used [Z-Link] that much, and when I did I was into ProTerm, but I >always thought Zlink kinda sucked.....now BinSCII is an awesome program! I ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Well, I guess I'm curious as to why. >guess I'd never really thought about it 'till I read your post...how much >of a fee would be "reasonable" for users of it (it's freeware, right?, so >you don't expect any $$...right???) Indeed, I don't *expect* anyone to pay anything for BinSCII, but if you feel compelled, go right ahead! -- Dave Whitney Computer Science MIT 1990 | I wrote Z-Link and BinSCII. Send me bug dcw@lcs.mit.edu dcw@mit.edu | reports. I still need a job. Send me offers. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance" --Binky (aka Matt Groening)
llee@gnh-starport.cts.com (Larry Lee) (01/19/91)
By the way, let me clarify myself on that "I pay for shareware" post. I didn't mean to brag or anything. Really. | ProLine.: llee@gnh-starport | Millions long for immortality who | | UUCP....: crash!gnh-starport!llee | don't know what to do on a rainy | | InterNet: llee@gnh-starport.cts.com | Sunday afternoon. | | AO .....: Watch this space! | -- Susan Ertz |