Essential PIM free license
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From: nueoff on 30 Oct 2005 16:51 SNOman wrote: > nueoff(a)gmail.com wrote: > > P. wrote: > > > >>http://www.essentialpim.com/ > >> > >>"With every day, EssentialPIM is becoming more and more popular. We have > >>decided to give out free licenses for EssentialPIM Pro for everyone, who > >>comes to our homepage (www.essentialpim.com) on 31st of October, the > >>Halloween Day. > >> > >>That's right; every visitor will get a copy of fully-licensed (to your > >>name!) EssentialPIM Pro and free upgrades for 1 year or until the 2.99 > >>version of EssentialPIM Pro, whichever is longer. Both desktop and > >>portable (ready to run from flash USB drive) editions will be at your > >>disposal to choose. > >> > >>We start on Monday, October 31, 2005 12:00 AM (GMT/UTC) and finish at > >>11:59 PM (GMT/UTC) the same day. Do not get late and get yourself a hit PIM! > > > > > > Please don't take offense, but this is a freeware forum. Your program > > may be good, but it isn't freeware, so please promote it somewhere > > else. > > > 8>< > > Sorry to be a stickler for detail, but on 1 Nov only, it is freeware. "free upgrades for 1 year or until the 2.99 version of EssentialPIM Pro, whichever is longer" doesn't fall within my personal definition of freeware. I suppose there has to be some latitude here, but I think we should strive to limit the discussion in this group to true freeware.
From: P. on 30 Oct 2005 16:57 SNOman wrote: >> P. wrote: >> >>> http://www.essentialpim.com/ > > Sorry to be a stickler for detail, but on 1 Nov only, it is freeware. No. It's free forever after that date if you choose to download it and presumably get it activated. I posted the link as I said - because I came across it. So what if it's payware ? IF you get it tomorrow, it's FREE and can be used for as long as you want. FREE. If anything I should be popped at for duping a previous post. I'm actually using another FREE PIM but as it has a payware cousin I'll be careful not to mention it. P.
From: Harvey Van Sickle on 30 Oct 2005 17:02 On 30 Oct 2005, wrote > > SNOman wrote: >> nueoff(a)gmail.com wrote: >>> P. wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.essentialpim.com/ >>>> >>>> "With every day, EssentialPIM is becoming more and more >>>> popular. We have decided to give out free licenses for >>>> EssentialPIM Pro for everyone, who comes to our homepage >>>> (www.essentialpim.com) on 31st of October, the Halloween Day. >>>> >>>> That's right; every visitor will get a copy of fully-licensed >>>> (to your name!) EssentialPIM Pro and free upgrades for 1 year >>>> or until the 2.99 version of EssentialPIM Pro, whichever is >>>> longer. Both desktop and portable (ready to run from flash USB >>>> drive) editions will be at your disposal to choose. >>>> >>>> We start on Monday, October 31, 2005 12:00 AM (GMT/UTC) and >>>> finish at 11:59 PM (GMT/UTC) the same day. Do not get late and >>>> get yourself a hit PIM! >>> >>> >>> Please don't take offense, but this is a freeware forum. Your >>> program may be good, but it isn't freeware, so please promote it >>> somewhere else. >>> >> 8>< >> >> Sorry to be a stickler for detail, but on 1 Nov only, it is >> freeware. > > "free upgrades for 1 year or until the 2.99 version of > EssentialPIM Pro, whichever is longer" doesn't fall within my > personal definition of freeware. But doesn't that just mean "not only free, but also coming with some free upgrades"? Would you have a problem with "free but not upgradeable to future versions", or does including time-limited *upgrades* make it non- freeware? If you dod, I feel that "last freeware versions" must logically not count as freeware, on the basis that there are upgrades out there which are being charged for. > I suppose there has to be some > latitude here, but I think we should strive to limit the > discussion in this group to true freeware. Your "personal definition" of "true" freeware is, according to my personal definition, too restrictive. -- Cheers, Harvey
From: Harvey Van Sickle on 30 Oct 2005 17:06 On 30 Oct 2005, P. wrote > SNOman wrote: >>> P. wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.essentialpim.com/ >> >> Sorry to be a stickler for detail, but on 1 Nov only, it is >> freeware. > > No. It's free forever after that date if you choose to download it > and presumably get it activated. > I posted the link as I said - because I came across it. So what if > it's payware ? IF you get it tomorrow, it's FREE and can be used > for as long as you want. FREE. > > If anything I should be popped at for duping a previous post. > > I'm actually using another FREE PIM but as it has a payware cousin > I'll be careful not to mention it. Some people get a bit religious about these things. Thanks for posting the link to a free version of a good product. -- Cheers, Harvey
From: SNOman on 30 Oct 2005 18:48
P. wrote: > SNOman wrote: > >>> P. wrote: >>> >>>> http://www.essentialpim.com/ >> >> >> Sorry to be a stickler for detail, but on 1 Nov only, it is freeware. > > > No. It's free forever after that date if you choose to download it and > presumably get it activated. > I posted the link as I said - because I came across it. So what if it's > payware ? IF you get it tomorrow, it's FREE and can be used for as long > as you want. FREE. > > If anything I should be popped at for duping a previous post. > > I'm actually using another FREE PIM but as it has a payware cousin I'll > be careful not to mention it. > > P. Exactly it is only free if you obtain it on Nov 1 |