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I avoid anything I have to pay for as far as software goes, but just the other day I paid for a license of TextMate. Why? Because it was an excellent piece of
by tialys 18y ago
I avoid anything I have to pay for as far as software goes, but just the other day I paid for a license of TextMate. Why? Because it was an excellent piece of software, and it saved me a TON of time.
My point is, it can be very hard to get people to pay, but if you've got something that really adds value, or helps get something done faster/better, people will pay.
- petercooper 18y agoIt's not scientific, but based on the seemingly sequential serial numbers and the dates of different serial numbers, a few of us in a Ruby IRC channel calculated the other day that approximately $1.5m worth of TextMate licenses are being sold each year. That's a pretty inspiring number, even at half the amount.
- chollida1 18y agoI'd be interested in hearing your assumptions and napkin math that went into that number!
- petercooper 18y agoI'm not in a (physical) position to quote the numbers used, but I was one of the first people to buy the app and have a low serial number. I then got serial numbers and purchase dates from others to work out the intervals vs serial number increases (which we are assuming are sequential, as that seems to fit the pattern). Take numbers and multiply by usual license fee (not always applicable, but not a bad average).
- chollida1 18y agoCool, thanks for sharing:)