Yes, you can make good money making desktop apps. I'm on a Mac, where there's a vibrant shareware community. Here are some of the apps I've bought: TextMate,

Yes, you can make good money making desktop apps. I'm on a Mac, where there's a vibrant shareware community. Here are some of the apps I've bought: TextMate, SmartBackup, VMWare, Times, Delicious Library. Times has a GREAT interface that no other RSS reader has, on the web or desktop. Delicious Library turns my iSight into a barcode scanner. Do whatever you're passionate about - that's how you'll make a great product that stands out.