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This is the correct answer. Every time I hear that a software vendor needs recurring revenue to survive, I think back to the entire history of the software ind

This is the correct answer. Every time I hear that a software vendor needs recurring revenue to survive, I think back to the entire history of the software industry where this was clearly not the case until every recently. Its gotten to the point now where anyone who makes some sort of software believes that are a service that must be paid for by subscription. Don't be those guys, have a good long hard think about why you deserve that recurring revenue and if its not immediately obvious, chances are you are just chasing the dollar rather than trying to solve a problem.

valuearb 9y ago
You don't know much about the history of software sales. I've worked at software companies for 30 years and you are wrong. The first company i worked for folded down from 12 employees to 3 because revenues couldn't support us. We got our first upgrade out ($29 for existing customers on $99 retail) and it saved the company. Two years later we had 4 products and 30 employees. If we had been forced to give the upgrade away for free to existing customers like iOS requires, we would have shut down.