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<div>Dear David,<br>
THanks very much for this NECESSARY clarification. <br>
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I DID use your web form to make my request. It was thereafter that you got in touch with me with the "paid <br>
support and backup service along with the software license". But I was interested ONLY in the academic license. I even explained to you that I WAS READY TO UNDERSIGN LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT SHOULD MAKE ME PAY FOR THE COMMERCIAL LICENSE IF I GO COMMERCIAL. Nothing came of this.<br>
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However, I am happy about the 'new' piece of information, the evaluation version. I shall now go back to your website and first make the request for the evaluation version as you explained. I hope to make ANOTHER request for the ACADEMIC version.<br>
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All the best,<br>
Chinedu Uchechukwu<br>
Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg.<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: david.joffe@tshwanedje.com<br>
To: lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com<br>
Sent: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 5:29 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [Lexicog] TshwaneLex trialware<br>
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I'd like to clarify here, as this post by Chinedu gives several <br>
false impressions. Firstly, we at no stage requested that data had <br>
to be sent to us or 'uploaded to our servers' - we do not do this! <br>
TshwaneLex is an off-the-shelf product and most of our clients <br>
manage their own data entirely - we definitely do not expect clients <br>
to send us data unless absolutely necessary. At the time, based on <br>
your enquiries, we made an OPTIONAL offer to include some paid <br>
support and backup service along with the software license, but you <br>
were welcome to take just the license. Secondly, I don't understand <br>
your remark that "nothing came of it" when you "tried" to obtain <br>
TshwaneLex, as our website has for years had an order form on it <br>
('open 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year') - you've just never filled it <br>
in.<br>
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Also, we do make (and have always made) low-cost academic (non-<br>
commercial) licenses available, as well as low-cost licenses for <br>
those working on endangered languages. Academic licenses can be <br>
ordered anytime through our online order form, so it's false to <br>
state that TshwaneLex is "not for academics". We have many academic <br>
license users.<br>
<br>
At the time you enquired about TshwaneLex, we did not have <br>
evaluation versions available, but we have more recently started <br>
making evaluation versions available - if you're interested, they <br>
can be requested via our website contact form.<br>
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- David<br>
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--<br>
TshwaneDJe Human Language Technology<br>
<a target="_blank" href="http://tshwanedje.com/">http://tshwanedje.<wbr>com/</a><br>
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On 6 Sep 2006 at 7:30, <a href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('neduchi%40netscape.net', '');">neduchi@netscape.<wbr>net</a> wrote:<br>
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> <br>
> <br>
> I tried obtaining an educational version of the program some years<br>
> back, but nothing came out of it. I was requested to make available<br>
> the data I would be working on, to be uploaded on their server, and to<br>
> also pay an additional fee for the service (that I would not need in<br>
> the first place). And these conditions are without my having even<br>
> given the program a trial.<br>
> <br>
> My impression is that the program is more for 'corporate' publishing<br>
> houses, and not for academics or those of us that are cash-strapped.<br>
> <br>
> Chinedu Uchechukwu<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('wayne_leman%40sil.org', '');">wayne_leman@<wbr>sil.org</a><br>
> To: <a href="javascript:parent.ComposeTo('lexicographylist%40yahoogroups.com', '');">lexicographylist@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a><br>
> Sent: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:37 AM<br>
> Subject: [Lexicog] TshwaneLex trialware<br>
> <br>
> Does anyone know if it is possible to download a version of TshwaneLex to<br>
> try it before we buy it? I would like to be able to try it to know if it<br>
> serves my needs. I would be happy using crippleware or time-limited<br>
> features, as long as I can have a fair go at seeing how the program works<br>
> and how my brain adjusts to its learning curve.<br>
> <br>
> For those not familiar with TshwaneLex, its website is:<br>
> <br>
> <a target="_blank" href="http://tshwanedje.com/tshwanelex/">http://tshwanedje.<wbr>com/tshwanelex/</a><br>
> <br>
> Wayne<br>
> -----<br>
> Wayne Leman<br>
> Cheyenne dictionary online:<br>
> <a target="_blank" href="http://www11.asphost4free.com/cheyennedictionary/default.">http://www11.<wbr>asphost4free.<wbr>com/cheyennedict<wbr>ionary/default.</a> htm <br>
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