Hi!
I think that you should consider giving access to all older programs/ games once again, so people could get software they missed. If you look at the number of comments on each gift, you will see that there wasn't many people around here at first weeks. So it would be fair to developers too.
Just playing devils advocate - but if there is such demand for the program and peoples interest in a program is now so great as a result of the (very clever imho) advertising/promotion/giveaway (whatever you want to call it) - then surely at this point, the developer of the software would feel that this is the "payback stage" of the promotion where people who want the program so much (maybe through word of mouth advertising) will actually go to the developers site and register a copy. After all that was probably the whole point of providing the software for a one day promotion in the first place.
If the developer just wanted to make the software "occasionally free" - then they may as well just make it freeware on their own site, and people could get it whenever they wanted.
(You could try to contact the developer/company and see if they are willing to give you their product for free, because you missed it yesterday. It's probably not very likely - but you never know)
I agree that there have been a few days I have missed that I wished I didn't. But if I was a developer I'd may prefer that there was a limit (time-wise) to how much I gave away, so that there was a potential for future sales or promotional value that my software had.
(Finally I think it is fair to say that only a small percentage of people who download the programs - vote, leave a comment, or read the forums. The fact that there were 80 comments made against a program - really cannot reflect the number of downloads).
It may not be the sort of thing GOTD want to make public - but it might be interesting to see either in real-time or on the following day - a count of how many copies were downloaded during the 24 hour period. Maybe that is a better indicator of how popular each program is (although some people will download something not because it is any good, just because it is free).
ND
Member
I've been pushing for this idea in the comments. One rerun a week in addition to a new software, and let people during the week vote for which one from a list (which includes only software the vendors have agreed can be rerunned, and no software older than three months since its original apperance.)
Only one program in 7 will be rerunned, while all programs get some extra exposure by virtue of being part of the list to vote from.
Btw, I'm going to buy a license to NotesHolder soon. I probably never would have heard of it if it hadn't been for GAotD.
I would also like to see it as well, for being a beta tester and one to have to on a regular basis, have to uninstall and reinstall programs on a regular basis.
Even if there was a way to register or keep the code to be able to re-install it a second or third time.
Another reason I beleive that it would help is that like some people, I download a program and may forget to install it that very day. I know that is why there is a Giveaway to begin with, but maybe given us a few days to install the program.
I am sure that the vendors that use your service, would be receptive (or I at least I would hope so).
Hey folks.
Remember that you are missing the point here. This whole thing isn't about making anything for free. It is about advertising the shareware producer and their product.
If they would give it for another day, think how much the shareware producer will loose in cash. I think that Shareware-Making companies won't allow that. And, there was a question somewhere else, here in the forum, about MS Office 2007...
Well, it is funny idea! Microsoft would never agree to that. And remember that GAOTD team is only asking for the software... Only if the autor (company, vendor...) agrees, (only in that case) we find that software as a free giveaway here. And only then!
Oh, and one more thing: Another point of this site is exactly what ND has done! He tried the full version of the software, he liked it and he BOUGHT a license!!!
That is the whole point why the software developers give their titles as a FREE giveaways...
ND
Member
"Oh, and one more thing: Another point of this site is exactly what ND has done! He tried the full version of the software, he liked it and he BOUGHT a license!!!"
I did, but actually my Windows had crashed (my fault, I let Avast delete some system-files...) and had to be re-installed, so I lost all my giveaway-apps. On the other hand, there is a new version of NotesHolder out, so I have a slightly better NH now, and I'm also entitled to any 1.x version that comes out. Also, NotesHolder is just 14.95$.
Another great app is Flashpaste, which I might go for next.
Man, GAotD has made me greedy of all these apps which I hadn't heard about but now can't live without. :P
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