Shareware Faq Draft

Subject: Shareware FAQ in development From: Steve Franklin <franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 18:50:53 -0400 The following file discusses my proposal for the development of a Shareware_faq for the internet Macintosh community. The FAQ is not intended to be a pointer to the LATEST versions of software, nor is it geared to the well-weathered or experienced Macintosh user. Rather, it is a starting point to the new-users that are introduced to Internet, that might be somewhat intimidated by the volume and size of sumex-aim or mac.archive. Finding files on internet is no problem, but sometimes finding 'good' or popular files is more challenging. Please read the following article carefully, and do not hesitate to put forward any recommendations or suggestions pertinent to this file's development. I apologize if you feel this mail is unwarranted, and if you are offended I recommend that you delete the mail and send me a nasty note in response. Thank you in advance for your time, and I look forward to any response you might have. Steve Franklin franklin@ug.cs.dal.ca ############################################################################### ############################################################################### This is a call to all software/shareware/freeware/public-domain users and programmers, requesting that you enter your recommendations for net-available software under any categories including : science games utilities system extensions communications education UNIX/VMS utilities pertinent to Macintosh ... This list has already been included in various published documents, and has been retrieved by thousands of mac users over the four months. Considering this, I feel it is my responsibility to revise it to a more polished and well rounded form. The key requirements of the list are (1) that it not be too cumbersome and large, (2) that it reflect the mac community (not just my opinions), (3) that it become a service to the community - especially for somewhat new users. Note, it is not a FAQ for retrieving these files, but more so a FAQ for what is available. New users coming to the net don't have time to sift through all of the indexes available, or try each program out. This file is intended to be a pointer to the valuable software available on the net, sparing some the time of sifting through everything. WHY SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO THIS LIST? Well, if you're a happy user of a piece of software on the net, you're doing the author a favor. Considering the use of this list already (even in it's crude state), more publicity for the author translates into more support (financial, communicative, or whatever - depends on the nature of the software). Also, it gives you the opportunity to put something back into the net which has given you so much. Realizing that this positive-feedback of the Internet is what keeps it running, this is certainly an opportunity for the Ma…