i offer a few peices of knowledge, however, not strictly data from studies.
1. you could liken these fully functional demos as to the online distibution of music by bands who employ a pay what you think model for full albums, groups such as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are two that i am aware of. in both circumstances they were used to great success. 2. Codeweavers.com have in the past used free software as a way to entice new users over. I am aware of at least two schemes whereby they simply gave away their software for one day or under some externally influenced criteria. I know at the time they published figures on the success of one of the schemes, but eh data eludes my two minutes of googling... Hopefully that is of use to you! Cheers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49149 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
