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- From: alberg@netlan.jpr.com (Al Berg)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
- Subject: Re: How to eliminate the SECOND Telix nag screen
- Keywords: Telix Shareware Crippling Screen Telecommunications
- Message-ID: <R40JwB3w165w@netlan.jpr.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 15:43:50 EST
- References: <1homefINNr5l@crcnis1.unl.edu>
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- Organization: NETLAN, Inc. LANLINK ONLINE BBS - New York City
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- vporguen@unlinfo.unl.edu (victor porguen) writes:
-
- > I would rephrase your sentence to say that in the long run (after the
- > trial period), the honorable thing to do is to register the program
- > IF YOU CONTINUE USING IT, yes. But does that mean that I have to
- > tolerate the unmitigated... !pain! of those Telix nag screens,
- > flashing at me on-and-off, on-and-off, DURING the 30-day trial
- > period? Absolutely not!
- >
- I dunno.
-
- Nag screens seem to be a necessary evil. The way I see it, you are doing
- two things during the evaluation period of a piece of shareware: deciding
- if you wish to use the program (and pay the fee) and hopefully getting
- some use out of it. I think that it is well within the author's rights
- to include advertising.
-
- To be honest, if you are using the program enough that the nag screens
- are that much of a pain, you should probably register now! :-)
-
- Finally, put it in perspective - if the software were administering low
- voltage electric shocks during the eval, I could understand being
- outraged. A couple of nag screens that take a second or two to bypass
- just aren't that big of a deal (to me at least).
-
- Al
-
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