Re:How do you make money from your free applications?
by olefoo on Thursday May 07, 2009 @02:08PM
(#598376)
There are several categories of application that are useful, even essential but that are very difficult to monetise.
Basic utilities like ls, or jpeg which people expect to come with the platform are difficult to charge for. And then there is grey market software it may be that non-commercial distribution is not subject to the same degree of opposition that a commercial distributor would face.
Basic utilities like ls, or jpeg which people expect to come with the platform are difficult to charge for. And then there is grey market software it may be that non-commercial distribution is not subject to the same degree of opposition that a commercial distributor would face.