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“Still work”? Was there a time that shareware worked? Serious question.. citations appreciated. Also it sounds like you are doing enterprise software. Sharewar
by abalone 8y ago
“Still work”? Was there a time that shareware worked? Serious question.. citations appreciated.
Also it sounds like you are doing enterprise software. Shareware was more of a consumer pricing model. With enterprise you want to make it totally free for small scale grassroots adoption by champions and then monetize large scale adoption.
- LeonB 8y agoShareware certainly did work for some, pre-WWW. Distribution was not a solved problem back then, and required significant capital. Shareware use a viral engine of growth (though this did mean that there were far more products for which shareware didn't work versus the handle for which it did).
- EamonnMR 8y agoDoom and Quake where sold as Shareware. Also, Ambrosia Software was flush with cash for a while there in the late 90s and early 00s.
- aasasd 8y agoBoth Carmacks had themselves each a Ferrari before they put out Doom. “Commander Keen” bought those Ferraris. Though I'm sure it was always a game of chance like everywhere in business.
- darkr 8y agoYou mean both Johns? (Carmack & Romero)
- aasasd 8y agoWell, I had Adrian Carmack and John Carmack in mind, but frankly I don't really recall who it was, just that there were two of them. Wikipedia mentions that “by mid-1994 John Carmack had purchased two Ferrari Testarossas,” so it's possible he was both of the guys. But I'm sure others did well too.
- tincholio 8y agoHe probably meant John and Adrian... both Carmacks and founders if ID
- trevyn 8y agoAnd intriguingly, those two Carmacks are not related!