OnyX is NOT Freeware?

[Amie]

OK, I was just doing some research on maintenance utility applications and I was under the impression that OnyX was freeware. It is NOT free. The reviews on SofoTex.com clearly state that OnyX is misleading in the sense that it is categorized as freeware when it is not. What's up with that?...

[MisterMe]

What in God's name are you carrying on about? You can download and use OnyX free of charge. I did and do. Yet, you are satisfied to read some website that most of us never heard of and get all exercised about what it says. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. You may find candles and matches here.

[DeltaMac]

In doing research, it's always good to check your sources - http://macapple.free.fr/titanium/english.html

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Amie, I think what you read was posted by someone other than the webmaster, and is probably incorrect.

It looks to be about as free as it can get.

[slooksterpsv]

Yup, its free - still is too :P YAY For OnyX =D you'll love the app.

[btoth]

SofoTex is a crappy site and so far I think that whoever runs the site just copies MacUpdate.

Whenever I submit one of my products to MacUpdate, I get an email the same day from SofoTex saying some crap like "Your product has been approved" or "Thank you for submitting your product to SofoTex". Three times now I've told them that I didn't give them permission and that it's in violation of my license agreements to distribute without my permission. But they ignore me. The best part is when they tell me that their reviewers have given my product such-and-such a rating... I doubt they ever used them.

Normally, I don't mind when people post links to my software or website on their sites, it actually means a lot to me if they find my stuff worth writing about, but it looks to me like SofoTex just in it for the advertising revenues.

I may be wrong, maybe I'd have a different opinion if they answered my emails. =) But, I have read similar complaints about them from other developers.


*** Edit ***

Actually, I double-checked their site... and I don't see any ads. Odd. But their emails still annoy me.

[Amie]

Originally Posted by MisterMe

What in God's name are you carrying on about? You can download and use OnyX free of charge. I did and do. Yet, you are satisfied to read some website that most of us never heard of and get all exercised about what it says. It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. You may find candles and matches here.

LOL!

Thank you, for both the information and the laugh. I don't know if you intended for your post to be funny, but it really struck my funny bone for some reason. Maybe it was the way you worded it, ah dunno. Anyway, thanks.

[Amie]

Originally Posted by btoth

SofoTex is a crappy site and so far I think that whoever runs the site just copies MacUpdate.

Whenever I submit one of my products to MacUpdate, I get an email the same day from SofoTex saying some crap like "Your product has been approved" or "Thank you for submitting your product to SofoTex". Three times now I've told them that I didn't give them permission and that it's in violation of my license agreements to distribute without my permission. But they ignore me. The best part is when they tell me that their reviewers have given my product such-and-such a rating... I doubt they ever used them.

Normally, I don't mind when people post links to my software or website on their sites, it actually means a lot to me if they find my stuff worth writing about, but it looks to me like SofoTex just in it for the advertising revenues.

I may be wrong, maybe I'd have a different opinion if they answered my emails. =) But, I have read similar complaints about them from other developers.


*** Edit ***

Actually, I double-checked their site... and I don't see any ads. Odd. But their emails still annoy me.

Sue da bastids!