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maybe ACF should have an award for MOST SEVERELY CRIPPLED "FREEWARE"

today's pick:

Totwise is an easy to use, full-featured management and billing program
specially designed for programs such as preschools, day care centers,
sports leagues, scouting programs, and other youth oriented programs.

Free for programs with 5 students or less

Susan
 
Susan Bugher wrote alt.comp.freeware on Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:26:12 -0400,
the following...
maybe ACF should have an award for MOST SEVERELY CRIPPLED "FREEWARE"

today's pick:

Totwise is an easy to use, full-featured management and billing program
specially designed for programs such as preschools, day care centers,
sports leagues, scouting programs, and other youth oriented programs.

Free for programs with 5 students or less

Susan
Most day care centers wouldn't qualify for that.

A few days ago I came across a new one...

One program (name withheld) that...
"is part Freeware and part Shareware"

Mark S.
 
maybe ACF should have an award for MOST SEVERELY CRIPPLED "FREEWARE"

today's pick:

Totwise is an easy to use, full-featured management and billing program
specially designed for programs such as preschools, day care centers,
sports leagues, scouting programs, and other youth oriented programs.

Free for programs with 5 students or less


Hehehe...real useful!

I nominate the aquarium screen saver mentioned earlier. The free version has
fish swimming in water. Just water. The poor fish must get really bored. :)

Bob

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Bob said:
Hehehe...real useful!

I nominate the aquarium screen saver mentioned earlier. The free version has
fish swimming in water. Just water. The poor fish must get really bored. :)

I take it all the fish move? They haven't reached the nadir yet. . .
just one moving something (a frond of seaweed?) is needed for a "screen
saver". . . ;)

I wish I could think of a good name for an award. . .

The 99 percent pure (hype) award . . .

The WYS ain't WYG award. . .

The Hot Air Award. . .

Susan
 
....and with no more than a cursory glance at the dead camel Bob Adkins
decided it was time to put the World to rights with this little gem:
Hehehe...real useful!

I nominate the aquarium screen saver mentioned earlier. The free
version has fish swimming in water. Just water. The poor fish must
get really bored. :)

I've got a code for that somewhere - but I did actually pay £2 for a floppy
with it on.

And you get extra fish and different colours n stuff.

And they don't need feeding.
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no more
no less
just me
(well what the **** did you expect ?)
 
Susan Bugher said the following on 4/21/2004 12:33 PM:
....
I take it all the fish move? They haven't reached the nadir yet. . .
just one moving something (a frond of seaweed?) is needed for a "screen
saver". . . ;)

I wish I could think of a good name for an award. . .

The 99 percent pure (hype) award . . .

The WYS ain't WYG award. . .

The Hot Air Award. . .
....

A few more suggestions:

The fakeware award...

The freeware-behind-their time award...

The I-swear-this-is-a-real-program award...
 
Susan Bugher wrote:

I wish I could think of a good name for an award. . .

The 99 percent pure (hype) award . . .

The WYS ain't WYG award. . .

The Hot Air Award. . .

Susan

...and you shall receive
:)

Impairedware
Quadriplegicware
Worthlessware
Dysfunctionalware
Hamstrungware
Impotentware
Incapacitatedware
Disabledware
Lameware


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Trey said:
Susan Bugher said the following on 4/21/2004 12:33 PM:
...


...

A few more suggestions:

The fakeware award...

The freeware-behind-their time award...

The I-swear-this-is-a-real-program award...

Fakeware is nice. . . :)

I thought of a good example of the kind of program that's elegible:

ScamSoft's Piano (the FREEWARE version only plays one note)

Susan
 
Son said:
Susan Bugher wrote:



..and you shall receive
Worthlessware

This one gets my vote! :)
We already have Pricelessware... the opposite would be Worthlessware.
 
Susan said:
Fakeware is nice. . . :)

I thought of a good example of the kind of program that's elegible:

ScamSoft's Piano (the FREEWARE version only plays one note)

Susan

One note !!! That's hilarious.

I think this is a good idea - the award idea. I know this is a freeware
group but I'm sure everyone wants to know what programs NOT to bother with.

miskairal
 
Fakeware is nice. . . :)

I thought of a good example of the kind of program that's elegible:

ScamSoft's Piano (the FREEWARE version only plays one note)

Susan

That would be good for me, I'm tone deaf and can't differentiate one
note from another ;-)
 
Son Of Spy said:
Susan Bugher wrote:



..and you shall receive
:)

Impairedware
Quadriplegicware
Worthlessware
Dysfunctionalware
Hamstrungware
Impotentware
Incapacitatedware
Disabledware
Lameware

(meaning no offense to people with the real disabilities,
and not making fun of them, just making analogies and
creating metaphors)

Dyslexicware
Autisticware
Blindware
____blindware
(fill in the blank as appropriate; you know, like color-blind)

unware (unusable-ware)
unaware
nware (nonsense-ware)
wotware (waste-of-time-ware, ...)
SBVware (should-be-vaporware)
wwwware (wish-it-was-ware)
plware (powerless-ware)

Aloha,
 
Susan said:
maybe ACF should have an award for MOST SEVERELY CRIPPLED "FREEWARE"

today's pick:

Freeware
Printable Notebook lets you organize and print your personal data in the
same manner a paper notebook does. . . . If you have no experience in
XML programming or if you want save your time you can make new print
templates via Template buider.

Template builder is a quick designer of pages for your Printable
Notebook. Buy now

Susan
 
Freeware
Printable Notebook lets you organize and print your personal data in the
same manner a paper notebook does. . . . If you have no experience in
XML programming or if you want save your time you can make new print
templates via Template buider.

Template builder is a quick designer of pages for your Printable
Notebook. Buy now

Susan

HHHmmmmmm, crippled freeware is possibly (marginally) okay to talk about
in this increasely dictator ridden newsgroup (not by John's standards
though). But you have said the naughty word at the end of your post. I
thought we could only talk about freeware in this group. In you own
words to another posting in this group

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| alt.comp.freeware |
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| WHAT PART OF FREEWARE |
| DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? |
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JB

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imabrowneye said:
Susan Bugher said:
MOST SEVERELY CRIPPLED "FREEWARE"

today's pick:

Freeware
Printable Notebook [...]
you can make new print templates via Template buider.
Template builder is a quick designer of pages for your Printable
Notebook. Buy now
HHHmmmmmm, crippled freeware

- is an oxymoron.
- is entirely unwanted.
But you have said the naughty word at the end of your post.

It was quoting from the website description. To draw attention to how
that company was abusing the word "freeware."

I'd suggest rereading for meaning. If I thought you were interested in
comprehension or communication. But I doubt that. Might be you misread
deliberately for motive to start a flame war. And no, you didn't get
one going with me. I am not going to waste more time than this one post
here. I'd rather engage in threads where people talk about freeware with
the sincere interest in understanding each other.
 
imabrowneye said:
Susan Bugher said:
MOST SEVERELY CRIPPLED "FREEWARE"

today's pick:

Freeware
Printable Notebook [...]
you can make new print templates via Template buider.
Template builder is a quick designer of pages for your Printable
Notebook. Buy now
HHHmmmmmm, crippled freeware

- is an oxymoron.
- is entirely unwanted.
But you have said the naughty word at the end of your post.

It was quoting from the website description. To draw attention to how
that company was abusing the word "freeware."

I'd suggest rereading for meaning. If I thought you were interested in
comprehension or communication. But I doubt that. Might be you misread
deliberately for motive to start a flame war. And no, you didn't get
one going with me. I am not going to waste more time than this one post
here. I'd rather engage in threads where people talk about freeware with
the sincere interest in understanding each other.

I'm not looking for a flame war. I get frustrated when i see one of the
leading posters in this group, have a go at someone for mentioning a
program on a site that has gone payware ie the post:' too bad pc mag
uitils went $$$ ( at least the site did )' and get crucified, when it is
okay for the crucifier to talk about crippled/limited freeware (ie:
crippleware, it's in caps at the top of this post, crippled freeware can
mean only one thing) in the same manner. I've been lurking this group
for quite a number of years, and have been noticing that there is the
beginnings of a culture where a certain few can talk off topic all they
like (eg again: the last 13 posts on my news server on the slide rule
thread) which had nothing to do with the original posting,

blah blah whats the f%&$ing point... just plonk me i'm wasting my time
typing....


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