Released on: February 26, 2008, 2:29 am

Press Release Author: Fomine Software

Industry: Software

Press Release Summary: Fomine Software announces today that its flagship product,
Winpopup LAN Messenger, will no longer use the software activation technique to
combat end-user piracy, and abandon the time-based expiration of the freely
downloadable evaluation version by offering evaluation users three free licenses for
Winpopup LAN Messenger.

Press Release Body: February 27, 2008 -- Fomine Software announces today that its
flagship product, Winpopup LAN Messenger, will no longer use the software activation
technique to combat end-user piracy, and abandon the time-based expiration of the
freely downloadable evaluation version by offering evaluation users three free
licenses for Winpopup LAN Messenger.

Activation seemed a great idea at the time as it promised to limit casual piracy by
disallowing running additional copies of software products without proper licensing.
After analyzing feedback as well as privacy, security and network accessibility
concerns from its customers, Fomine Software decided to abandon software activation
altogether effective immediately.

Fomine Software would like to thank all customers for their continuous support and
feedback that made it possible to maintain and improve Winpopup LAN Messenger.

First Three Come Free

Fomine Software strongly believes in unlimited, un-crippled software distributed on
try-before-you-buy basis. Most try-before-you-buy products come as feature-locked,
crippled, time-limited or nag-screened demo versions. The controversy of locking or
crippling the product's features is obvious, as the users have no chance to test the
features they need, which challenges the whole idea of the evaluation version.
Locking the free demo version after a certain number of days or uses seems as a
better compromise, only till you think about the time invested by the customer in
evaluating the product.

Fomine Software opted to reward its customers for downloading and evaluating their
software instead of charging for it. Effective immediately, every customer who
downloads Winpopup LAN Messenger gets three free licenses for the product. The free
licenses effectively allow connecting up to three users on the same local area
network. Unlike competitors, Fomine Software allows both private and commercial use
of the free licenses. Need more than three licenses? Just pay for the rest of the
pack! If your network has five users, you only have to pay for two additional
licenses, as the first three come free!

The new evaluation policy employed by Fomine Software allows using the freely
available Winpopup LAN Messenger for private or commercial use on a local area
network for unlimited time while not limiting its features in any way. You are free
to download and use Winpopup LAN Messenger on your network with up to three instant
messaging clients. Shall you need more than three users communicate over the LAN,
additional user licenses are readily available.


Web Site: http://www.winpopup-lan-messenger.com/

Contact Details: Russia, 347904, Taganrog, Voikova 11
+7 8634620952
info@fomine.com