> Mark Knecht wrote: > > I wonder if there is a gentle way to get newbies to go find demo > > versions themselves that we can download and try out ourselves, > > understanding there are fewer things that we can do if there aren't > > demo versions of the program available. > > I think certainly if demos exist they should be included on the AppDB pages > but would it also be worth adding a section on the AppDB page that listed > some native alternatives that did the same job, I mean for most word > processing do people really need to use Word or do they just need an > application that can read/write Word files if necessary? That's an interesting idea. It certainly wouldn't be too hard to add such functionality, and quite a few entries list such alternatives already. What is the general mood for something like this? Alexander N. Sørnes