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Re: Thinking about shareware prices...
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Re: Thinking about shareware prices...


  • Subject: Re: Thinking about shareware prices...
  • From: Daniel Jalkut <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 17:57:35 -0800

I think more realistically it's something like this:

Freeware -> Completely free software, and to many users, lots of stuff that isn't intended to be free by the software authors, but is still usable for free.
Shareware -> Everything not completely free that can be downloaded and run with any degree of utility.
[OtherWord]Ware -> Anything people over the years came up with to "help" reconcile the vagueness of these terms.

Your desire to have everybody convene on an agreed definition for any of these terms is pretty much doomed. I, for one, have never heard the particular term "Payware."

Daniel

On Jan 8, 2004, at 4:13 PM, DJH wrote:

Wait a minute, guys, let's go back and review something.

Freeware -> completely free software

Shareware -> fully-enabled software which can be used unrestricted without any charge, but the author requests if you like the program you pay a small fee (NOT REQUIRED).

Payware (commercial) -> software which requires a payment to use it. You can find demo or time-limited versions, but you have to purchase it to use it.

This is how these names originated. Make sure you are classifying and advertising your software correctly.

DJH
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