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Top 10 reasons to register your shareware!
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1. Get rid of that annoying delay every time you load the program!
2. Registering is fast, easy, safe, and secure with online credit card
registration.
3. By registering, you support the author, and encourage the author to
continue adding new enhancements and features.
4. When you register, your registration is automatically good for several of
my projects - SBNews, SBJV, SBImgExp, SBLog, SBSlot, SBRail, SBPop, and a
couple of other things that start with "SB". 7+ programs for the price of
one? Sounds like a deal to me! Your registration is good forever and will
be supporting in all future versions.
5. You're already reading this, so we all know you're considering
registering, so you might as well stop thinking about it and just go
ahead and do it! :)
6. You won't feel guilty anymore when you email me asking for new features
and/or bug fixes.
7. You can tell all of your friends that you supported Shareware!
8. If you use the program, it's only right to support the author -- I've
placed my trust in you by delivering a fully functional version, now
repay that trust by registering!
9. I take registered users very seriously -- I log on several times per day
to check and process registrations and I am committed to continuing
support in the future. I usually get them turned around and sent out in
an hour or two.
10. I keep your information in the strictest confidence. I will not give your
personal information or email address out to anyone. I do not belive in
selling people's private information, and I never will.
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A few words about me (Scott Baker), and my history as a shareware programmer:
I have been writing and distributing shareware for over twelve years. I first
started when I was approximately 13 years old with a DOS bbs door-game called
Galactic Warzone and I continue today with Internet related applications such
as SBNews and SBPop. I have always supported my registered users, in fact I
still converse with some Galactic Warzone players a full twelve years after I
wrote it!
I am committed to providing useful, robust, and well-functioning products. I
pay close attention to user suggestions, and most of the enhancements you see
are something that some user, such as yourself, has suggested to me. I take
care in fixing any problems promptly and always maintain recent and up-to-date
versions of my software online.
I presently have a bachelors degree in Computer Science and am working on
attaining a Masters degree. I consider each of my programs a professional
effort generated as a product of my education and my experience in the
programming community. If you would like to converse with me about my
experiences with shareware, or are interested in becoming a shareware author
yourself, then feel free to email me at smbaker@primenet.com.
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A note about ethics:
I feel very strongly about the right of individual privacy. To this effect, I
do not participate in bulk-mail schemes, nor do I use "SPAM" techniques to
promote my products. I never have, and I never will. I do NOT give out email
addresses to anyone. Period.
You, as an individual, have a right to your privacy. And you have a right not
to be bothered with bulk-advertising tactics. Some day, someone with the
necessary authority will take charge and put and end to it. I encourage you to
act to protect your rights.
Lately, I have noticed a disturbing trend -- The owners of certain "other" news
utilities have been shamelessly spamming the newsgroups to promote their
products. These people purport to sell you utilities designed to filter out
SPAM, yet they use SPAM to advertise their own product? What's going on here?
Paying for their services will only contribute to the problems that we're all
facing!
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Using credit cards on the Internet:
Some of you may be new to web commerce and this may be the first time you've
ever considered conducting a credit card transaction over the Internet.
Internet commerce presently uses very advanced security technology in the form
of secure servers and 128-bit encryption. This technology digitally encrypts
your credit card information the instant it leaves your browser until it
arrives on the credit card processor's secure site. This technology is endorsed
by Microsoft, Netscape, and many other technology experts.
Using your credit card also offers additional benefits. Most credit card
companies will protect your credit card from fraud. In this respect, credit
cards are much safer than using cash or a check. Credit card companies can
issue a "chargeback" on your behalf if you do not recieve a product, and they
can put pressure on the merchant if your order is not handled in a timely
manner. For these reasons, experts have advised using credit cards for
mail-order purchases for many years. The same reasoning applies to online
Internet transactions.
I still do offer other means of payment in addition to online credit card
payment. You can fax your order to 520-797-8325, or you can send me a letter in
the mail. I still accept checks via mail, and you are welcome to pay by that
method if you like.
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Return to the credit card registrationpage.