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Has Sage offered trial downloads of Businessworks before?

Many years ago they would ship what they call BW Test Drive. I do not remember if a download was available. I think it expired after certain number of days or accesses.

Yes, the Test Drive was a complete copy with an expiration date. The idea was that the prospect would start entering their data and be hooked. It actually worked well, and I sold many and sometimes never met the client in person. They happily continued to use the software after paying for it and getting permanent keys.

I recall getting several of these test drive CD's. Not sure if it was ever offered as a download though.

Sounds like a low-tech version of the Sage CRM Trial button. I am curious to see how they handle the partner lead/sale assignment process for this.

@JerryNorman - I am curious to see how they bungle the partner lead/sale assignment process for this.

Bungle is an appropriate watchword.

After they canned the test drive program, because the product was too difficult for the average user to install... we setup a whole demo site for them with a registration process before they canned the project.

Really canned that management team, which canned the project.