Talk:Crippleware

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The sentence:

The authors of C. argue that regular shareware versions...

needs clarification. Is it referring to the C programming language, a language called C. (notice the dot) or a book called C.? If it is the programming language, that is a standard dictated by the ANSI committee and can't be "cracked." Specific C compilers could be cracked, however, but if that is what the sentence is referring to, it should say so. Can anyone offer a clarification? —Frecklefoot 16:16, 4 Aug 2003 (UTC)

Reverted the page back after 139.98.3.21 vandalized it. --Kross 17:49, Mar 29, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with demoware?

Support.Let's merge this into crippleware.--Mac Lover ^Talk 18:47, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I object. See Talk:Demoware -Lwc4life 21:05, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

I also object. Demoware runs out where as Crippleware never runs out but you can never use the full program. Two different things if you ask me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.237.228 (talk) 13:59, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I object as well. They are different things mainly because demoware doesn't cripple your computer but crippleware does. --82.153.194.161 (talk) 17:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Avoid certain phrases/ weasel words

The Wiki guidelines "frown" upon the word canonical in its context on the Crippleware article

Also, "The authors of crippleware defend the practice " is slightly opinionated as it implies crippleware is a "bad" practice, and it must be defended. --Habbzz

[edit] Questionable statements

I have removed two statements from the article, because they are very dubious. The first dubious statement is:

This is the dominant manufacturing philosophy in the electronics and media industries today.[1]

I cannot validate the source because it requires a paid subscription. However, I have trouble believing the validity of the statement. Most computer monitors, computers, radios, speakers, televisions, toasters, microwave ovens, etc., have no crippleware features. It might be more appropriate to say "This is an increasingly common manufacturing philosophy..." The word dominant implies that there is more crippleware than non-crippleware. Just because your CD player doesn't play DVDs doesn't make it crippleware. You should have bought a DVD player for that purpose. Crippleware usually requires the manufacturer to take active steps to reduce the capabilities that the hardware or software could otherwise handle.

The second dubious statement is:

The term crippleware comes from the plaintiff in the Federal class-action lawsuit, "Melanie Tucker v. Apple Computer Inc" filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division.

The reason this statement is dubious is because the timing is wrong. The class-action lawsuit occurred in 2005-2006, but the term crippleware is much older. This crippleware article, itself, was originally created on August 22, 2002. Are we really to believe that someone started this article three years before the word crippleware even existed?

--JHP 23:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)