Re: tlug: Re: Many Faces on Linux

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Stone <sstone@example.com> writes:

    Scott> I like this idea.  It'd probably give RMS a heart attack,
    Scott> though, but that's probably a good selling point, IMHO :) I
    Scott> think a lot of people that are currently developing
    Scott> shareware are kind of leery of Linux for the same reason
    Scott> that ManyFaces's author is - they fear that they can't make
    Scott> money with a Linux port.  This idea would help to change
    Scott> that, I think.
    >>  I like the idea as well. I question the practicality
    >> though. The problem is making payment painless. There is lots
    >> of stuff out there for a nominal fee, say $10-20. Unless I can
    >> pay via the web, I'm probably not going to bother. If I have to
    >> do a bank transfer, money order, whatever, it become a) too
    >> expensive, b) to much of a pain. That may sound kind of lame,
    >> but I'd be wiling to bet that that is what happens to a lot of
    >> authors potential income.

    Scott> well, in the USA, you can usually register on the web, or
    Scott> over the phone by credit card.  Even mailing a personal
    Scott> check is no big deal in the USA.

    Scott> The Japanese seem to still be in the stone age as far as
    Scott> consumer commerce is concerned ("Grog-san take cash-only,
    Scott> or wire-[snort]-transfer.  And no returns"), or something
    Scott> like that :)

After your and Jonathan's post, I realized that I have be living in a
(UNIX) shell too long. The shareware movement seems to be mostly PC
based, or rather most (all?) of what I use is not shareware.

Andy

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