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PC-Talk 250px Operating system MS-DOS Type Communications Software PC-Talk was a communications software program. It was one of the first three widely popular software products sold via the marketing method that became known as shareware. It was originally written by Andrew Fluegelman, in late 1982,[1] and with it created the shareware-category of software, its sales and marketing methodology.[2]
Though PC-Talk is regarded as a progenitor of the shareware distribution model, it was labeled at the time both freeware and "user-supported software", and included elements of open-source software (but not free software). Its source code was available and many derivative works were created by its user community. The CompuServe IBM/PC SIG forum developed "PC-TALK III Version B, Level 850311". Both the user-modified version of the program and the CompuServe distribution point were officially sanctioned by Fluegelman and The Headlands Press, holders of the copyright for PC-TALK. Members of HAL-PC also produced custom versions that supported videotex and IBM 3101 emulation.[3]
References
- ^ "Shareware: An Alternative to the High Cost of Software", Damon Camille, 1987
- ^ "Electronic Bulletin Boards for Law Libraries", Bruce Cummings Miller, 1990
- ^ Glossbrenner, Alfred (1985). The Complete Handbook of Personal Computer Communications. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. pp. 111–112, 497–498. ISBN 0-312-15760-6.
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