Supporting Authors

I am appalled by the demonstration of greed by other people who abuse community bulletin boards with unkind words to authors who work so hard to give us programs for free or for a small fee.

Why do these people compare a small company like Stardock to a Microsoft? I'm quite sure that these people never paid a single cent for the many programs that they use and yet they have the gall to badmouth Stardock, the authors and such.

If no one paid for any software, where is the incentive to create great software for thousands of users? I don't see any sense in this...

If any of you have these freeware and shareware constantly running in your computers, I do hope that you will be conscientious enough to give something in return.

Peace.

#6425

I totally agree. The recent "petition" at Emaculation to get Stardock to release a free version of the old Macvision bar was really disgraceful. The only things worse were the insulting comments made about Stardock and personal attacks against Brad, who was kind enough to release (and continually upgrade) the great (and free) ObjectDock. I can only assume that those people are still supported by their parents and have no clue how difficult it is to make a business succeed, especially in an ailing economy such as ours.

Ken

#6430

Yeah I completely agree with you. All authors deserve some credit for the amazing work they do. What most people don't seem to understand is that real people put their hard work, dedication and effort into creating these applications...

Guys, if you like a product please purchase it. Sometimes the authors deserve your money. Even when it comes to Windows I'm sure there are plenty of Microsoft haters here don't own licensed copies of Windows. I purchased Windows XP Professional b'coz I felt that Microsoft had done an excellent job on it (although the GUI needed to be improved upon by us ).

Even if an app is free even a small thank you e-mail to the author goes a long way...

Siddharth

#6439

I agree as well.

From the first time I saw Windowblinds, I said "I've got to have this!"

I have repeatedly been asked by others to "give" them a copy of my OD subscription number.

My response has always been the same.

If you like... BUY your own damn copy!

I think I ran the shareware version for like two days.

Hey $49.95 is an awesome price for what you get.

To those who keep demanding free stuff... piss off.

The fact that ObjectDock is free is pretty cool.

If Stardock decides to sell it, I'll be the first one in line to buy it.

To all at Stardock... Nice work! Keep it up.

#6447

you can never please anyone... stardocks apps are nice but why use 3rd party apps?

#6451

Bloody Hell.

Am I the only person who has happy Memories about the past?

Do any of you care at all about old games you played on your Atari? On your C-64? On your Collecovision? Heck.. on your NES if you are still sort of young...

Do you wish that the companies that control those games would take some time to maker them available? Do you think that releasing a free copy of Super Mario Brothers is going to hurt sales of Super Mario World part 34?

How about old TV shows and music? How about old radio broadcasts? I think that the greatest entertainment company is "RHINO." Look at the catolog they offer: http://www.rhino.com/

Nostalgia is nice...

It's not a money thing. MacVision could in no way replace ObjectBar. IT WILL NOT RUN ON XP OR 2000... for starters.

Some people just like computer programs that are OLD. Have you ever used an emulator? If you have, maybe you might grasp what I am getting at...

MacVision can't replace ObjectBar. We don't want it so that we can escape buying that program.

Click the sig-link for more of the same.

A little more:

Like I wrote on the site, I would be willing to pay for MacVision. When I wrote the petition, I did not think that Stardock would care enough to want money for it, but I think just making it AVAILABLE in some way is the goal. Free or commercial is the same thing...

#6452

Originally posted by DGM1960@Dec 19 2002, 02:08 PM

I can only assume that those people are still supported by their parents and have no clue how difficult it is to make a business succeed, especially in an ailing economy such as ours.

agree.

we need to be more appreciative.

unfortunatly i was upset with stardock when i thought they started slowing down their products rate, but then again, i recieved an email with all the dates of releases and i can only praise them for working so efficiantly.

Im a registered user of their Object Desktop.

GOKU

#6453

Originally posted by ClockWise@Dec 20 2002, 02:01 AM

Do any of you care at all about old games you played on your Atari?  On your C-64?  On your Collecovision?  Heck.. on your NES if you are still sort of young...

Do you wish that the companies that control those games would take some time to maker them available?  Do you think that releasing a free copy of Super Mario Brothers is going to hurt sales of Super Mario World part 34?

Ah...old console games....I still have an old 8-bit NES Little Master System (oh yeah it still works after 13 years )....playing games such as Super Mario, Contra, Balloon Fight, Road Fighter etc on it gives my such pleasure that no PC game can give me.....

*Sigh*...those were the days

Siddharth

#6456

See? And in terms of skinning, I think you could call 1999 "the days."

And does the enjoyment you get out of playing on your NES console prevent you from going out and buying new games?

#6466

I am with Clockwise. I like the old DOS games for some reason but that won't stop me from buying GTA or Warcraft 3 or anything.

#6468