Shareware is a marketing method for commercial software, whereby a trial version is distributed in advance and without payment, as is common for proprietary software. Shareware software is typically obtained free of charge, either by downloading from the Internet or on magazine cover-disks. A user tries out the program, and thus shareware has also been known as "try before you buy", demoware, trialware and by many other names. A shareware program is accompanied by a request for payment, and the software's distribution license often requires such a payment. Payment is often required once a set period of time has elapsed after installation. The term shareware was coined by Bob Wallace to describe his word processor PC-Write in the mid-1980s.
Wallace came up with the name that stuck, but many consider the "fathers" of the shareware marketing model to be Jim Button and Andrew Fluegelman. Their coordinated offerings of PC-File (database) and PC-Talk (telecommunications) programs, respectively, pre-dated PC-Write by several months. Button referred to his distribution method as "user supported software," and Fluegelman called his "freeware." Among the three of them, they clearly established shareware as a viable software marketing method. Via the shareware model, PC-File and PC-Talk made Button and Fluegelman millionaires.
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Chickenfoot for Windows - Download a computer version of the domino games Chickenfoot and Mexican Train. Objective is to get rid of all dominoes before the opponents can do the same. Play against multiple computer opponents. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000]
Meta Description: [ Download a computer version of the domino games Chickenfoot and Mexican Train. ]
D. Sutadi's New Dominoes - A challenging domino game from Indonesia, with surprising graphics. Download, hall of fame, rules of the game, news and updates, frequently asked question (FAQ) and links to some other dominoes related sites.
Meta Description: [ A challenging dominoes game from Indonesia. ]
Dom2000 - Classic draw Dominoes played against 1 to 3 computer opponents. Register and receive the code that removes the nag. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000]
Meta Description: [ Dom2000 - the most popular shareware domino game, is a classic draw domino game played against 1 to 3 computer opponants. ]
Domino.RU - A challenging variant of the classic game of Dominoes. In Russia the game is know as Goat. Play against the computer. It offers sound, different colors of background, and domino sets.
Meta Description: [ Domino 3D is challenging variant of classic Domino. ]
Dominoes - Choice of Sniff or Fives and Threes for Windows and now network ready.
Meta Description: [ The fun and addicting game of dominoes. Your choice of Sniff or Fives & Threes. ]
Dominoes Deluxe - Play 12 great games in one including Draw, Block, and the all time favorite Muggins. Boneyards of sixes, nines, twelves, and fifteens! It also has three levels of computer play, remote play via the Internet or other, music, and sound. [Win 95/98/Me]
Meta Description: [ WinGames.Com ~ Classic Award Winning PC Games ]
Fives and Threes - A shareware networked dominoes game for up to four players. Score points by playing your dominoes so that the open ends of the line add up to multiples of five or three. [Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000]
Shark Dominoes - Downloadable non-traditional game of dominoes features two game levels. [Win 95/98/2000/Me/NT]
Meta Description: [ Dominoes for the experienced or
new player. Download a free copy of the shareware version today,
and play against a computer opponent. ]
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