While I was reading this fun piece on the history of early US personal computing magazines, authored by one of its main actors, I came across the following passage -- which I don't even know if it's correct but that I reckon totally deserves to be recorded here:
Andrew [Fluegelman] quit working full-time at PCW so he could launch his own software company, which was based around a communications program he had authored called PC Talk. This program, which allowed PC users to send files back and forth to each other over a modem, was the first 'shareware' program. The whole concept of 'shareware', which Andrew called 'freeware', was invented by him because he didn't have the time or resources to market his software in the more traditional way."
"The Inside Story of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld's Origins, as Told by David Bunnell"
technologizer.com/2024/01/20/
the-inside-story-of-pc-magazine-pc-world-and-macworlds-origins-as-told-by-david-bunnell/
technologizer.com/2024/01/20/
the-inside-story-of-pc-magazine-pc-world-and-macworlds-origins-as-told-by-david-bunnell/
Statistics: Posted by Midas — Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:02 am