http://chris.pirillo.com/free-food-for-thought/ News and Reviews! Geek, Internet Entrepreneur, Hardware Addict, Software Junkie, Book Author, Once TV Show Host, Technology Enthusiast, Shameless Self-Promoter, Tech Conference Coordinator, Early Adopter, Idea Evangelist, Tech Support Blogger, Bootstrapper, Media Personality, Technology Consultant, Thicker Quicker Picker Upper. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://chris.pirillo.com/free-food-for-thought/#comment-817 Anonymous Fri, 15 Feb 2002 02:19:15 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/02/14/free-food-for-thought/#comment-817 Well, to be honest, I think the bar has been raised a bit since the days of the BBS. Today, freeware can be even more competitive than shelfware. Good or bad, user's expectations have grown with it. I live in the Linux world where open source is the defacto culture, so my experiences are probably different than most. But just for curiosity sake, how much did you pay for say, Internet Explorer? Free doesn't mean anything anymore. Well, to be honest, I think the bar has been raised a bit since the days of the BBS. Today, freeware can be even more competitive than shelfware. Good or bad, user's expectations have grown with it.
I live in the Linux world where open source is the defacto culture, so my experiences are probably different than most. But just for curiosity sake, how much did you pay for say, Internet Explorer? Free doesn't mean anything anymore.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/free-food-for-thought/#comment-816 Anonymous Thu, 14 Feb 2002 17:26:19 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/02/14/free-food-for-thought/#comment-816 I don't mind the requests or even bug reports, but its the people who don't try, before they email me. I test my stuff as much as I can, I also try and get beta testers to test it, but good beta testers are hard to find. As you say, if the program doesn't work or it's not what you're looking for, then delete it. I was grateful to Chris, because some users do the same as me, they had a look at my site, and I've got a few registrations for my shareware program. TBH I miss the BBS days, to me they were a lot more personal and to some extent more fun. I don't mind the requests or even bug reports, but its the people who don't try, before they email me. I test my stuff as much as I can, I also try and get beta testers to test it, but good beta testers are hard to find. As you say, if the program doesn't work or it's not what you're looking for, then delete it.
I was grateful to Chris, because some users do the same as me, they had a look at my site, and I've got a few registrations for my shareware program.
TBH I miss the BBS days, to me they were a lot more personal and to some extent more fun.

]]> http://chris.pirillo.com/free-food-for-thought/#comment-815 Anonymous Thu, 14 Feb 2002 07:04:45 +0000 http://chris.pirillo.com/2002/02/14/free-food-for-thought/#comment-815 I Have To Agree, When I Download A Freeware Program And It Does Not Work Right Or Locks Up I Normally Just Delete It And Find Another One That Will Work. The Way I See It Is Be Glad You Get Anything For Free In The Money Hungry Society In Which We Live, No Need To Keep Whining To The People That Help Us Po' Folks Stay In The "Technology Loop". (FYI : I Do Email The Programer If I Find Bugs Or Little Mistakes) I Have To Agree, When I Download A Freeware Program And It Does Not Work Right Or Locks Up I Normally Just Delete It And Find Another One That Will Work.
The Way I See It Is Be Glad You Get Anything For Free In The Money Hungry Society In Which We Live, No Need To Keep Whining To The People That Help Us Po' Folks Stay In The “Technology Loop”.
(FYI : I Do Email The Programer If I Find Bugs Or Little Mistakes)

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