What is Shareware?

        Shareware  provides you with  the ultimate money  back guarantee.
        With  most money back guarantees you pay for the product and then
        try it out and see whether or not you like it.  If you don't like
        what you see or find that it doesn't do what you need, you return
        it and at some point (perhaps  long in the future) you receive  a
        refund.  However, most software  companies won't even let you try
        their products!   In order to qualify for  a refund, the diskette
        envelope must have an unbroken seal.

        Shareware is different.   With Shareware you get to try  it for a
        limited  time, without spending  a penny.   If you  decide not to
        continue using  it, you simply  discard it.  No  paperwork, phone
        calls, correspondence,  or waiting required.   Shareware software
        producers feel it  is the best way to  distribute their products.
        You are able to try it on your own system(s), in your own special
        work   environment,  with  no  sales  people  looking  over  your
        shoulder.

        After trying a Shareware product  and deciding to continue to use
        it, only then do you pay for it.  Not only that, but Shareware is
        traditionally much less  expensive simply because you  are paying
        for  the  software,  not  the  marketing  expenses  that  make up
        majority of the cost of most  software.  A one-time, one page  ad
        in most popular computer publications can easily cost $20,000!

        Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software.  Most
        Shareware  is produced  by  accomplished  programmers.   However,
        there is good  and bad Shareware, just  as there is good  and bad
        retail  software.  The  primary difference between  Shareware and
        retail software is that with  Shareware you know if it's  good or
        bad, and whether it fills  your specific needs, before paying for
        it.    Your  registration  of  Shareware  products  provides  the
        incentive  for  software  authors to  upgrade  and  improve their
        products  and to continue  to produce new,  high-quality software
        for the Shareware market.

        There  is another significant advantage  to Shareware - it allows
        many independent  authors and  small companies  to make  software
        available  who  would  otherwise be  discouraged  from proceeding
        because of  the expenses  that it takes  to launch  a traditional
        retail software product.   There are many programs  on the market
        today  which  would  never  have  become  available  without  the
        Shareware  marketing  method.    Please  show  your  support  for
        Shareware  by registering those programs you  actually use and by
        passing them on to others.