Apple to incoporate shareware into 10.2?

[TNQ]

From what I can tell from Apple's Jaguar blurb, Sherlock 3 has bits of Watson already incorporated in it - translation, phone book, package tracking. I was wondering when they would jump on Karelia for it - it's counterintuitive that that a great program with that kind of functionality would be stuck in shareware hell.

[hazmat]

Originally posted by TommyWillB
Also, do you feel hesitant to pay for shareware that may be made obsolete by Apple with the next release... either because they include the functionality or because the break it?

Absolutely not, at least things like WindowShade X and FruitMenu. I find $7 for something that has made my life so much better until the time that it might be integrated into the OS is well worth it.

One thing Apple should put in is ClipEdit. Silly Apple.

[Koelling]

Good point hazmat.

I always cringe at paying for shareware that I may not use but then I think about other stuff I do pay for.

I buy CD's to support the artist and they cost 15$ even though I've already got the songs on MP3

I go to movies but they are all the same anymore. 8$ plus popcorn AND I wasted 3 hours of my life. (Hi my name is Troy, and I saw Pearl Harbor. Bad Movies Anonymous!)

Why is it that I pay money to do something that I leave thinking I got ripped off yet I use Omniweb 6 hours a day feeling better because of it but I will not lay down the cash for it.

So in hopes that this does not turn into another "Do you pay for Sharware?" thread let me digress. Paying for watson and then getting it for free on Sherlock is not such a bad thing. I got my money's worth and now I get it integrated.

[hazmat]

Originally posted by Koelling
So in hopes that this does not turn into another "Do you pay for Sharware?" thread let me digress. Paying for watson and then getting it for free on Sherlock is not such a bad thing. I got my money's worth and now I get it integrated.

Also I think another good point is that if people hadn't payed for things like Watson (never used it myself), it might never have gotten to the point of being worthy of integration to the OS. Shareware money it seems is very good encouragement for the developer to push the product further. People like Unsanity deserve it.