Re: What happened to the freeware link to PowerDesk?

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:41:26 GMT  'Bear Bottoms'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:

>hummingbird <hummingbird@127.0.0.1> wrote in news:g8fs0t.l8.1
>@localhost.127.0.0.1:
>
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:19:09 GMT  'Bear Bottoms'
>> wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>>
>>>=?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote in
>>>news:20080819182656.6a674324@bellgrove.remarqs.net:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:35:02 GMT
>>>> Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1@gmai.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I can't seem to find the freeware link to Powerdesk on their
>website.
>>>>> I wonder what happened to it?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.avanquest.com/USA/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>> the old link they provided after the satellite links were pulled
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Free_Trial.html
>>>>>
>>>>> redirects to:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.avanquest.com/USA/pc-tools/utilities/desktop-
>>>>> tools/PowerDesk_Pro_7.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone find a link to a current freeware offering on that site?
>>>>
>>>> I can't find any links to it either, but the file itself is still on
>>>> their server, at least for now, at
>>>> <http://shareware.avanquestusa.com/PowerDesk/PowDesk6013_US.exe>.
 I
>>>> haven't run the installer to check whether it really is still the LFW
>>>> version, but the file name and size match.
>>>>
>>>Dang, they can't decide where to stash the last freeware version, since
>>>it has gone payware. That link says shareware. The one I found for them
>>>says archive...though that one seems to be only 2mb.
>>>
>>>At any rate, it is abandonware (about mar 2006)...no longer updating
>and
>>>their current version is payware with no liteware/freeware version
>>>offered.
>>
>> What Q needs to do now to demonstrate his belief in fair play is
>> to openly state that SB's stance in that incident was wrong and
>> totally uncalled for. Will he do it?
>>
>I'll accept an apology from Susan and move on!

You're too forgiving but I can see the benefits.


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