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- USER INFO FILE
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- │ ┌─────┴╨──┐ │ Association of
- │ │ │─┘ Shareware
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- CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SELECTION OF THE SHAREWARE PROGRAM
- "SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR." We think you will find that
- this new expert program, designed to help small businesses
- through the dense thickets of taxes and other government
- regulations, is not only an extremely helpful and current
- source of business information, but that it is also
- exceptionally easy to use, within five minutes after the
- first time you start it up.
-
- ==========================================================
- FOR INFORMATION ON UPDATES, UPGRADES, E-MAIL US AT:
- 102760.1745@compuserve.com
- ==========================================================
-
- While this is a "shareware" program, and you may only
- legally use it for a 30-day evaluation period), you will
- find that it is completely uncrippled, and contains all of
- the features of the commercial version of the program,
- which retails for $49.95. We are willing to give away the
- program in large quantities, because we find that a
- significant number of users will want to order the latest
- quarterly update of the program (since the tax and legal
- and other content of a program of this type quickly goes
- out of date--every time the people in Congress wake up
- from their naps, in fact).
-
- The remainder of this file contains:
-
- . a description of hardware limitations of the program;
-
- . information about the Association of Shareware
- Professionals "Ombudsman" program;
-
- . general information about shareware;
-
- . disclaimer and summary of terms of the license under
- which this software is provided by the author; and
-
- . information about the various registration options
- and about ordering updates of the program, or ordering
- the related books or the Professional Version of the
- program;
-
- For detailed instructions on using all the functions of
- the program, see the file F122.SBE, which is the on-disk
- user manual. You may print this file out directly from
- the program by the selecting the "USER" option from the
- program's Main Menu, and then, after viewing the manual
- on-screen, pressing the <ESCAPE> key to select printing
- options. Since the program prints out a neatly formatted
- user manual for you (approximately 15 pages in length),
- no printed user manual is provided with the registered
- version of the program.
-
-
- HARDWARE LIMITATIONS--SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR
- --------------------------------------------
- The program is compatible with most MS/DOS PC/DOS systems,
- monochrome or color, MDA, Hercules, CGA EGA or SVGA.
- However, it may not run properly on some monochrome
- monitors used with a color card, or on the IBM PC jr.
-
- You will need 512K of RAM and a hard disk drive to run
- the program, as it takes up over 1.5MB of disk space when
- de-compressed.
-
-
- ASP OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT
- -----------------------
-
- "This program is produced by a member of the Association
- of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure
- that the shareware principle works for you. If you are
- unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP
- member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able
- to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute
- or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide tech-
- nical support for members' products. Please write to the
- ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or
- send a CompuServe message, via CompuServe Mail to ASP
- Ombudsman 70007,3536."
-
-
- DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE
- -----------------------
- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
- before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and con-
- tinue using it, you are expected to register. Individual
- programs differ on details -- some request registration
- while others require it, some specify a maximum trial
- period. With registration, you get anything from the
- simple right to continue using the software to an updated
- program with printed manual.
-
- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial
- software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with
- a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors
- are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors,
- and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases,
- there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference
- is in the method of distribution. The author specifically
- grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either
- to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some
- authors require written permission before a commercial disk
- vendor may copy their Shareware.
-
- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software.
- You should find software that suits your needs and pocket-
- book, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware
- system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try
- before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are
- low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee
- -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it.
-
- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
- ----------------------
- Users of SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR must accept this disclaimer
- of warranty:
-
- "SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR is supplied as is. The author
- disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, includ-
- ing, without limitation, the warranties of merchantabil-
- ity and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes
- no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which
- may result from the use of SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR."
-
- SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR is a "shareware program" and is
- provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free
- to share it with your friends, but please do not give it
- away altered or as part of another system. The essence of
- "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer
- users with quality software without high prices, and yet to
- provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new
- products. If you find this program useful and find that you
- are using SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR and continue to use SMALL
- BUSINESS ADVISOR after 30 days, you must make a registration
- payment of $29.95 to the author, Michael D. Jenkins. The
- registration fee will license one copy for use on any one
- computer at any one time. You must treat this software just
- like a book. An example is that this software may be used
- by any number of people and may be freely moved from one
- computer location to another, so long as there is no possi-
- bility of it being used at one location while it's being
- used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two
- different persons at the same time.
-
- Commercial users of SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR must also
- register and pay for their copies of SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR
- within 30 days of first use or their license is withdrawn.
- Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting the
- author or publisher at the address given on-screen in the
- program.
-
- Persons distributing SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR for any kind
- of remuneration must first contact MICHAEL D. JENKINS of
- RONIN SOFTWARE at the address given in the program for
- authorization. However, authorization is automatically
- granted to distributors recognized by the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP) as adhering to its guidelines
- for shareware distributors, and such distributors may begin
- offering SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR immediately. (However,
- RONIN SOFTWARE should still be advised so that the
- distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest versions
- of SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR.)
-
- You are encouraged to pass a copy of SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR
- along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them
- to register their copy if they find that they can use it.
-
- Users who wish to:
-
- . register; or
-
- . to order an updated copy of the program (the commercial
- version, which is identical to the Shareware version,
- except that it has no shareware screens); or
-
- . to order the Professional Version (mainly for attorneys,
- CPAs and other business consultants); or
-
- may do so at discounted prices by using the facility in the
- SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR program that allows you to print out
- an order form. The order form will also contain a "current
- user" discount code that will entitle you to order at large
- discounts from the commercial list prices of the software.
-
-
- BENEFITS OF REGISTERING YOUR COPY OF SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR:
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-
- 1. RIGHT TO CONTINUED USE OF PROGRAM (LEGALLY). As a regis-
- tered user, you receive an updated "registered" copy of the
- program, which you may continue to legally use for as long as
- you like. (You are legally allowed to use the shareware
- version for only 30 days, if you have not registered it.)
-
- 2. TECHNICAL SUPPORT. All REGISTERED users will receive
- the right to 3 months of free technical support, by phone,
- and we will, where feasible, remedy any "bugs" or system
- incompatibilies that we can, or, if we are unable to do so,
- or choose not to, we will fully and promptly refund your
- registration fee. When you register, you will receive a
- written notice regarding the phone number to call for such
- service.
-
- 3. UPDATE COPY. If you register your copy of the SMALL
- BUSINESS ADVISOR (basic $29.95 registration fee only), we
- will automatically send you an updated copy of the program.
- You can specify in the order form the STATE EDITION you
- want.
-
-
- QUESTION: HOW DO I PRINT OUT THE ORDER FORM?
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-
- ANSWER: Simply press "P" when the program prompts you
- ------- to do so, just as you are about to exit the
- program. Then type in your name and address
- on-screen before you print out the order form.)
-
- ALTERNATIVES TO THE BASIC REGISTRATION: The order form that
- the program will print out for you provides other options,
- besides the basic registration, as follows:
-
- - BASIC REGISTRATION. For $29.95, you not only become a
- registered user, entitled to 3 months' technical support,
- but you also receive a copy of the latest update of the
- commercial version of the SMALL BUSINESS ADVISOR, which
- retails for $49.95 (to anyone not submitting an order
- form with a "discount code" printed on it). SMALL
- BUSINESS ADVISOR is updated every calendar quarter, to
- keep abreast of rapidly changing laws and regulations.
-
- - ORDER PROFESSIONAL VERSION. If you are a professional
- (lawyer, CPA or other business adviser) or otherwise
- want the 50-state & D.C. Professional Version of SMALL
- BUSINESS ADVISOR, which sells for a retail list price of
- $ 99.95, you may obtain a copy at a discounted price
- (see order form created by the program for discounted
- price--currently $49.95) if you print out the order
- form containing your "current user discount" code.
-
- - BOOK ORDER (with/without registration). You may order
- one or more of the companion series of books, "STARTING
- AND OPERATING A BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA" (or for any other
- state) for $24.95. Each book in this series, which is
- either authored or coauthored by Michael D. Jenkins,
- CPA and Attorney (the author of this program), consists
- of approximately 250 to 300 pages of text, including in-
- depth analyses of tax, legal, and other matters of concern
- to new businesses, all written in very clear and readable
- language, and chosen by INC. MAGAZINE in its 4/94 issue
- as one of the 6 "Best of the Best" small business books
- out of hundreds that were reviewed by the editors of
- INC Magazine.
-