Total Commander 2.0 released...

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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:54:47 -0500, Sooner Al [MVP] wrote:

> PocketPC version...
>
> http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm

I just read it on a webforum. FTP, registry editor and LAN added.
Amazing that it's still freeware!

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"Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele@NOSPAM_canada.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
OMKPnTEeFHA.3048@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote in message news:ub7mb1pqjfe5gdnppnb0r0spj1gsn5sp8u@news.telenet.be...
>> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:54:47 -0500, Sooner Al [MVP] wrote:
>>
>>> PocketPC version...
>>>
>>> http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm
>>
>> I just read it on a webforum. FTP, registry editor and LAN added.
>> Amazing that it's still freeware!
>
> It's not.
>
> From http://www.ghisler.com/order.htm
>
> Total Commander is a Shareware program. This means that you can test it for a period of 30 days. After testing the
> program, you must either order the full version, or delete the program from your harddisk.

The Pocket PC version seems to be Freeware
http://www.ghisler.com/pocketpc.htm : Download the Pocket PC version (Freeware!):

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Kjell Harnesk wrote:
> Yes it is! The PocketPC version of it IS FREEWARE as stated on the Ghisler
> website!

It makes me laugh how a genuinely useful peice of software like this is
free, but how some of the most basic and easy to make programs ask for
money, in exchange for a few quickly thrown together lines of code.


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In article <Xns967F845AE3E18scottseidmanmindspri@130.133.1.4>,
namdiesttocs@mindspring.com says...
> Kjell Harnesk <nospam_kjell.harnesk@telia.com> wrote in news:v21lz9olhzbm
> $.35b4dihuzcc5.dlg@40tude.net:
>
> > I totally agree! Back in the old days (read Commodore Amiga) some
> > magnificent software was freeware and the even better was shareware.
>
> Perhaps this observation has something to do with why the entire platform
> disappeared?

More likely it was the marketing error Comodore made when they
exclusively sold their computers through toy stores. It put the idea
that their computers were toys in people's heads and effectively doomed
any new machines from them.

/steve
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"Scott Seidman" <namdiesttocs@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Kjell Harnesk <nospam_kjell.harnesk@telia.com> wrote in news:v21lz9olhzbm
> $.35b4dihuzcc5.dlg@40tude.net:
>
>> I totally agree! Back in the old days (read Commodore Amiga) some
>> magnificent software was freeware and the even better was shareware.
>
> Perhaps this observation has something to do with why the entire platform
> disappeared?
>
>

I doubt that a 32k 8 bit computer would have much of a market today
regardless of marketing platform they had continued to adopt... Although
don't get me wrong, the right marketing can do amazing things...

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"Frode" <news@mascot.NOSPAM.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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>> I doubt that a 32k 8 bit computer would have much of a market today
>> regardless of marketing platform they had continued to adopt... Although
>> don't get me wrong, the right marketing can do amazing things...
>
> Why do you bother mentioning specs for a point you could make without
> doing
> so, when you obviously have no idea what the Amiga line's specs were?
>


I know exactly what the Amiga's spec were - I think you may have missed the
tone of the post... But to concede yes it was a whopping 512k, not 32k.
Or in other words 1/1000 the memory of a typical new computer in today's
market - moot point for the intended message. Although I would put the
problem with the technology advanced 68000 (or even the venerable 6809e for
8 bit) not getting more exposure at the fault of Motorola, failing to
captilize on new technologies. IMHO, of course.

( I need to work on my smiley faces, I guess. I'm thinking the placement
was the issue here...)

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Frode wrote:
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In case the CIA are listening...!

> Why do you bother mentioning specs for a point you could make without doing
> so, when you obviously have no idea what the Amiga line's specs were?
>
> For the curious, the basic A500 had a 16bit Motorola 68000 and 512KB RAM
> (expandable).
>
> For its time the Amiga had very nice architecture. In particular compared to
> its main competitor (IBM compatible PCs). A pity Commodore botched it up.

I think he was trying to be sarcastic ;-)


Marc
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xTenn wrote:
> I know exactly what the Amiga's spec were - I think you may have missed the
> tone of the post...

Indeed I did. My bad.

> But to concede yes it was a whopping 512k, not 32k.
> Or in other words 1/1000 the memory of a typical new computer in today's
> market

Times do move on. Though for a whole lot of people, it's a somewhat
pointless bandwagon to get on. When I look at what most of my family uses
their computers for, and ignoring some issues like compatability for
document exchange with the rest of the world, they'd be pretty happy with
Win95 on a 486. That could do wysiwyg editing, web, email etc without
breaking a sweat.

> ( I need to work on my smiley faces, I guess. I'm thinking the placement
> was the issue here...)

That or/and me being in a bit of a hurry. I did interpret it to pertain to
the marketing bit as opposed to the entire paragraph though, yes.


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