Re: Need help solving Zip Drive mystery

[Peter Watson <NOpaw@pa.ausom.net.auSPAM>]

Cturley2 <cturley2@aol.com> wrote:
>And, my response on that:  Did you ever stop to think that, perhaps as
>SuperTimer is not the REAL name of the person who made the post, he
>may have registered and payed his shareware fee for MUG - using his REAL name?

Yes, I thought about it. Then I figured that someone who uses a net alias
without ever dropping a hint to his/her real name (admittedly, that I have
seen) must be prepared to wear the risks of mis-identification.

>I find it very remote and highly unlikely that SuperTimer would either use a
>shareware he values as useful - for any length of time without registering it
>and paying the shareware fee.  And, I find it even more unlikely that he would
>have disabled your 'annoying enough' message,
>'Please register' screen.  From what I've seen posted from SuperTimer, he has
>some very high moral standards with respect to honoring the needs and
>supporting all software, especially with respect to IIgs shareware software
>developers.

People who *have* registered have disabled the screen while they were "getting
around" to paying. Good luck to them - I would have trouble doing it and I
know the source code!

And the fact that someone is otherwise "moral" is no indication as to
whether they'll register. I've been surprised before by people I thought
I knew well.

FWIW, I can live with people not registering - that's the risk you take
with shareware. I tend to feel less happy when such people openly discuss
using my software on a regular basis. And no matter what the merits of
this particular case are, I've seen it happen where the names aren't
disguised.

>I suggest you email SuperTimer, obtain his REAL name and then check your
>records to see if his name is found as a registered user of MUG.
>Then I'd say a posted reply to this newsgroup, with your findings would be in
>order.

If I'm wrong, I'll be more than happy to apologise! And I'm sure SuperTimer
will be glad to email me to set the record straight in the meantime.
-- 
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible!  ;-)