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  This is a discussion of why the above universal announcements are made
  and what you can do to have them deactivated. 

  For any product, even a high quality one, to be successful in the
  shareware marketplace takes "word of mouth" recommendations from one
  user to other potential users.  That's the "share" in shareware.
  However in a competitive game such as Trade Wars, any advantage a player
  finds will generally be keep secret as long as possible.  Hence with a
  utility such as Trade Wars Helper, user will NOT tell others about it
  simply because it is so useful!  This contradicts the shareware concept
  and seriously impedes the distribution of Trade Wars Helper. 

  To offset this situation a universal announcement is made to let other
  players know of this product.  Of course this assumes most players using
  the registered Trade Wars Helper are at the top of the rankings and what
  they're using will catch the interest of the other players.  The other
  option was to have a higher fee for registration.  But shareware should
  be modestly priced and it would take a significantly higher price to
  offset the reduced registrations due to more limited distribution. 

  That's the why, now what you can do about it. 

  It comes down to recommending Trade Wars Helper to two people who will
  register it.  That's all.  Of course those two have to tell me you are
  the one who recommended it to them when they register.  Once your
  account is marked with having two recommends you will be sent a letter
  with a code unique to your name that will deactivate the universal
  announcement.  Of course this means you must be registered first.
  Essentially this puts the "word of mouth" sharing back into effect and
  remove the necessity of self promotion now being done. 

  I know there are several users who have recommended Trade Wars Helper to
  others who have already registered.  I thank you.  However, I will only
  honor references from people who register from this point on.  The
  information the person registering will need from you is: your name as
  it appears on the first line of your namekey.txt file, your city and
  your state.  They must provide this information when registering as I
  will not accept after-the-fact notification, transfers or any other such
  exceptions. 

  Mike Ingham 
  Just FUN Software 
  4790 Naniloa Dr. 
  SLC, UT 84117-5547 
  (801) 272-6238