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If 500 people are willing to pay $10 for a piece of software, a developer has two options: 1. Make it on your site for $5000 (minus your cut) and feel good abou
by NickDouglas 19y ago
If 500 people are willing to pay $10 for a piece of software, a developer has two options: 1. Make it on your site for $5000 (minus your cut) and feel good about themselves; 2. Make it themselves, sell it on the web for $10, and make much more money. So much for others' incentive to produce your product.
- andreyf 19y agoIt's a bit of a different model... on this site, a designer can see what they can make and sell for $5000. That is, "write a program, make $5000". As opposed to "write a program, make a website, figure out a way for people to find out about it, wait for money to trickle in".
- benhoyt 19y agoOur cut for open source will be zero, and for commercial projects small. We're hoping the advantage of using microPledge will be that it's a central location people know about and will build up trust in. And also that the developer can focus on his project rather than on building a nice website with pledging functionality. (Our site's much more than just a SourceForge donate button -- but you'll have to wait and see. :-)
- NickDouglas 19y agoGood point; that's what I learn from making judgments about other people's industries. I won't back out of my bet, of course, but I can see how I might lose it.