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John Fitzsimons
I see ;
"Launch Eudora 6.2.3 - it will launch in Sponsored mode."
When it launches in FREE mode, I might be interested.
I don't trust them to turn off their phone home capability by
selecting "free" after installation.
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Josh Randall
John Fitzsimons said:
Me either <g>. But that brings up a point about freeware in general.
Naturally most of us won't buy a prog if it's available for free. Or will
we???
I just did and want to again. I bought Ace Money last week after trying out
the free version. The free version works fine, but won't allow you to add
accounts. So, in this case it's really *crippleware*? But, how in heck can I
except a programmer to write something for not even a chance on a return?
Well, sure, their are guys/gals that do it in college, or to show off their
skills, but most of these are small utilities. I'm running as fast as I can
from M$, so I look at everything.
I've just installed and tried EssentialPM. I'ts a calendar and contacts
manager. I went to the *pro* site to see what the difference was. I really
wanted some better print/sort capabilities, as I'm using an address book
that's 10 years old. (Day-Timer, discontinued). But, I sure wish I could get
THAT program, combined with Essential, and I'd gladly pay $50 to *own* it.
(not just license it until the company changes it's mind). Sadly, the pro
version isn't released, and when it is, won't have what I want. I've also
bought TuffTest on the net years ago. A one-time payment of $10. It checks
all your computer's hardware using machine language. I've solved a ton of
problems with it, too. $ well spent, IMHO. The free version works fine, I
just needed more features. Plus, I upgraded recently after 4 years, and no
problems at all. Very nice experience.
Which brings me to this...............Ace$ almost crosses the line to
crippleware. BUT, I wouldn't have known about it if they didn't make 2
versions. And I hate Quicken now that's it just bloatware. A perfect fit.
(for me). So, aside from Linux (the free ones, most are *for profit* distros
now), the lines have blurred, right? But *that* spawned Firefox and Thunderb
ird, two of the best free progs out there. (cross ported to Win, for the
challenged).
So..............I guess there is some good specialty utilities out there for
free. But not many robust programs I would like to use everyday. Open Office
is a notable exception. What's your take on the subject?
JR
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Fuzzy Logic
If you are concerned you could block it at the firewall until you have
switched to free mode. Alternatively you can edit the Eudora.ini file before
starting Eudora and set mode=1 to enable light mode.
More info here:
http://www.eudora.com/techsupport/ini.html
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Chrissy Cruiser
Shut them off at the firewall.
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XemonerdX
Sorry to be such a whine, but...
By far most Linux distro's are for free (both as in 'free beer' and 'free
speech'). Even some of the commercial ones (SuSE, Mandriva and Xandros for
instance) have free versions.
And if you are suggesting Linux somehow spawned Firefox and Thunderbird then
that's also a gravely wrong statement, better look at Netscape for their
heritage, they've never been OS-centric applications. Not to mention they
are developed as cross-platform applications, they're not 'ported' from
Linux to other OS's (altho you might be able to run the Linux-versions from
within Cygwin if you want, hehe).
XemonerdX
By far most Linux distro's are for free (both as in 'free beer' and 'free
speech'). Even some of the commercial ones (SuSE, Mandriva and Xandros for
instance) have free versions.
And if you are suggesting Linux somehow spawned Firefox and Thunderbird then
that's also a gravely wrong statement, better look at Netscape for their
heritage, they've never been OS-centric applications. Not to mention they
are developed as cross-platform applications, they're not 'ported' from
Linux to other OS's (altho you might be able to run the Linux-versions from
within Cygwin if you want, hehe).
XemonerdX
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John Fitzsimons
That would depend on the program. If the free version is good, and the
pay version has things I would like, I don't mind paying for it.
Exactly. The "free" version introduces you to the quality of the
product in general.
If Eudora had a proper free version of it's current release then I
would be seriously thinking of paying for the full version for added
functionality.
As above.
Regards, John.
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John Fitzsimons
Yes, I have done that during previous trial installs. Previously that
didn't stop the program creating an additional "advertising" folder
that couldn't be deleted. If it was it was re-created. Why ? If it
wasn't required ? That sort of behaviour helps make me distrust
them.
Thank you for the info and web reference.
Regards, John.
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Fuzzy Logic
The program creates quite a few sub-folders of which some may or may not be
used. This particulary folder is created as the program is designed for all
3 modes and the folder (adcache) is created regardless of wether or not you
run in ad-sponsored mode. We use Eudora as our corporate mail program (600+)
users and have found it to be an excellent program.