Freeware and not Shareware

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If you find DicomWorks useful, please consider making a contribution :

Why?

The freeware model is difficult to keep for a big project. Our team has some difficulties to remain freeware for some simple reasons :
we need to buy development tools, upgrade them (for example, we are thinking about a Linux version)
some third party components (for example CD burning, PDF, etc, etc...) could be bought to add some very interesting features to the program, and we can't right now
we would like to offer some additional services (like hosting in teleradiology for example) in the future,
we need to meet you and other customers in international meetings (RSNA, etc...)

Special gifts for the donators	All donators giving an amount superior or equal to 20 euros (25 USD) will receive as gift :
	The new "Advanced" PowerPoint export plug-in . This new version includes very useful image arrangement options (rows, columns, etc...) to build clear and great presentations ! Advanced Powerpoint Export Plug-in v 3.0.0
	Windows XP Explorer DICOM thumbnailer This small component, once installed on your system, will display DICOM images just like JPEGS in Windows Explorer. This tool is so cool that I can't believe no one created it before...
	A "lifetime" licence of all forecoming versions of the DicomWorks viewer and Study Manager in the probable case it becomes shareware (at higher cost).

You can donate any amount. The ideal would be 25€ or 25$, but more or less, and even 5€ or 5$ can be useful. Please note that donations < 1 $ or < 1 € are unnecessary, because everything goes to PayPal (their commission !)

Credit card transactions are completely secured (PayPal is the most popular online payment system).

July 2005:
Download problems ?

It seems our ISP is not as reliable as before, and that there are many broken downloads. If you have "corrupted setup files" (incomplete download), please see that forum topic for a reliable solution.

For information, the "dicomworks135b.exe" installer should be 6 007 017 bytes. Downloads may come from 2 different mirror servers, so please check the file size and test the installer with an updated antivirus before double-clicking it. As you can see the source server ("source:" in the download window of internet explorer), you can try again, until you are linked to another server. That may be another solution.

Should DicomWorks become shareware ?

Difficult question for us ! Believe it or not, current donations are not enough to cover the updates of our development tools... For example, in Feb 2005, when we first put this warning, we only had collected 4.5 USD in 1 year... Until that time, an effort was visible, and this conforts us leaving the 1.3.5 version free.

However, next version of DicomWorks will probably be shareware, at a price of about 35 or 50 USD.

Until its release (planned mid 2006), we encourage the users to keep helping us. As thanks, all donators above 25 USD will receive a "lifetime" shareware licence of all forecoming versions of DicomWorks, and the new Advances PowerPoint export plug-in.