Re: Mgr, v1.5 has been removed from site

[tws <adoyson@nccn.net>]

I am curious as to why a "FREEWARE" program cannot be distributed.  Could someone
please post the reasons here?

Was the program non-freeware?  It sounds like this is a previous version of the now
updated Manager program.

Wouldn't this program lack features/have bugs that the Current version has now?
Would it hurt to let people check out a previous version, tell them there is a
better version available for some money?

But then again, the MANAGER.DEMO I found on a FTP site takes care of "try before
you buy".

Anyone who wants to check out the manager should check out the following URL:

ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple16/demos/manager/


It is a Demo which supposedly shuts down after 10 mintes of use (I took a look at
the program.  I  didn't use it for 10 minutes)

According to what I saw in this demo, it is an AWESOME PROGRAM!  You can have
several programs being shown on the screen at once.  I am a PC user, so to me it's
kind of like Windows95.  You click on the window of the program you want to use,
and it becomes active.

I own Switch-It!, and the Manager beats the pants off it!

I saw Richard said "We have the source code for the English version".  Will the
Manager be updated?  I have a few Ideas on how to make it a bit better.



Cturley2 wrote:

> I've been asked to remove the Manager v1.5 (French - freeware release) from the
> ftp site by Earl Childers.
> Below is a copy of my email reply to Earl.  The archive has
> been promptly removed from the ftp site I administrate and will not be made
> available from the Ground ftp site either.
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
> ---------------------------------------------------
> From: Cturley2@aol.com
> Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 12:47:26 EDT
> To: email@sevenhills.com
> Cc: cturley@grin.net
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Subject: v1.5 will be removed - ASAP - no problem!
>
> Hi Earl,
> You know I respect you, your judgement and your support for the IIgs.  If you
> say I errored by releasing the authors freeware v1.5 then I guess I errored!
> Of course I'll remove it ASAP.
>
> I appoligize for any problems my error may have caused you.
>
> Cheers & Best Wishes,
> Tom