Re: Size of Demo versus Size of Full Version

  • From: Bruce Toews <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 22:55:54 -0600 (CST)

I think Grant may be confusing a forty-day demo version that can be
purchased with the downloadable demo that only runs for a limited time
period. This is, of course, unless FS has changed something for version
five.

Bruce

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On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Keith wrote:

> Grant? Allow me to ask this question to you or brooce as I didn't here of
> this! Are you saying the Demo runs for 40 days with out asking for reboots?
> Weird, unless FS updated the demo or something, I thought the demo version
> requires a reboot after 40 minutes regardless of full or not. regards,
> Keith.
> Note: I like this list. I think I can get along with brooce or anyone else
> on here. JFWLite another JAWS list, I kept crawssing subject lines, untill
> Debbi put me on moderated stattace, when I did taht again, I was kict off.
> Back then I was using AOL.
> I'd try setting up Outlook Express to check hotmail, as I do not need forms
> mode to right in OE.
> Regards, once again and to everyone viewing this, Keith! And happy new year
> of course. Smiles! Cheres
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grant Hardy" <hardy_grant@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: January 07, 2004 5:35 PM
> Subject: RE: Size of Demo versus Size of Full Version
>
>
> > The demo version will run for 40 days, but during that time it will run
> > non-stop.  The full version acting as a demo will run for only 40 minutes
> at
> > a time.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of
> > Quanin
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 11:43 AM
> > To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Size of Demo versus Size of Full Version
> >
> > This is just a wild, and probably way off, guess, but it sounds like what
> > FS is trying to do is create two versions of the software--the registered
> > version and the demonstration version. What may make the file larger is
> > perhaps the inclusion of extra material that sort of sets that software so
> > it recognizes itself as the demo version. For instance, it may be set up
> in
> > a way such that some features, while blocked in the auth version unless
> you
> > have a disk for it, are available in the demo version as an add-on to the
> > evaluation. It makes sense why it wouldn't be available in the auth
> > version--it would see people more encouraged to actually purchase the
> > authorized version. I hope this makes sense minus the confusion.
> >
> > James
> >
> > At 10:20 AM 07/01/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> > >Wonder if anyone happens to know this. If you go to the FS home page,
> then
> > >to downloads, and to JAWS downloads, you see that the JFW 5.0 full
> version
> > >is 32 Megs, and the demo version is 34 megs. Any explanation for the fact
> > >that the demo version is bigger, and if you grab the full version without
> > >an auth disk, it runs as a demo?
> > >
> > >Bruce
> > >
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