Re: Where Have the Magazines Gone

Ken from Chicago wrote:
> 
>  "Dan Goodman" <dsgood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>  news:47e6740b$0$93278$804603d3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Ken from Chicago wrote:
> >>
> >> You misspelled "shareware".
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware
> >
> > In _current_ usage, "shareware" means one of the following:  "If you
> > don't pay, after a certain period the software will stop working."
> > "If you don't pay, after the trial period functionality will be
> > reduced to that of the free version."  "If you don't pay, it won't
> > start."
> 
>  Not always. It includes that limited functionality but also includes
>  "freeware", software with no limit at all.

I usually see that referred to as donationware these days:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donationware

Shareware, at least on the major download sites, almost always has the
conditions Dan mentions.

>  However often online stories are sold on the "first's one free"
>  model. The first chapter, part of a trilogy or even a stand-alone
>  story is free and if you like it, then you to get more, you're likely
>  to buy more.

Yep, but that is not the case with that magazine.

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