Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!faatcrl!jprad From: jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: An issue for the entire Amiga Community. Message-ID: <1419@faatcrl.UUCP> Date: 31 May 90 21:57:44 GMT References: <1990May17.001308.29541@csmil.umich.edu> <136 <136264@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1863@corpane.UUCP> Organization: FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City NJ Lines: 29 sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: >cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes: >[A long and humorous story about the trials and tribulations of trying to >earn a buck writing/selling software commercially] >Great story. But it kinda makes you think it's not really worth the >trouble to go commercial, eh? Might as well go SHAREWARE, eh? Startup >costs are less, and you probably will make more money (Maybe $10 total >instead of $10 in the hole). Less work too. Or, at the very least, do some marketability studies before forging ahead... >BTW: as an aside to Jack Radigan: How is your experience with JRCOMM? >It is shareware right? Have you made any profit on it yet? Is it worth it? I'm not getting rich (yet), but hope that will change as the program matures. >[Jack releases old versions of JRCOMM to the public and if you register, you >get the latest version and support.] I wanted it to work that way, unfortunately there are a few idiots who will post each beta/gamma as soon as it's available. That's changed, and has slowed things down as a result. Each version will be made available right after it is finished and will not be crippled except for a three hour session limit, you have to restart it after it terminates. Registration number installation will eliminate that. -jack-