Re: Size of Demo versus Size of Full Version

  • From: Bruce Toews <coke_drinker@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 00:21:47 -0600 (CST)

I realize that was the intent initially, when they were going to move away
from the current authorization system. But it had been my understanding,
and I may well be wrong, that when they decided to go ahead and maintain
the current copy-protection scheme, all was left as it had been. Thanks.

Bruce

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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, trouble wrote:

> The cd that Fs sent you ran for 60 days and cost you a small fee that would
> be put towards the purchase of jaws. With version 5 they have upped the
> demo from 40 minutes to days. It was in all the acbradio.org interviews
> done on main menu givem a listen there interesting.
>
> At 10:55 PM 1/7/04 -0600, you wrote:
> >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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