Juust putting this out there: 1. Some people made good money from shareware in the early home computer days. One example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim

Juust putting this out there: 1. Some people made good money from shareware in the early home computer days. One example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Knopf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Knopf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-File https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-File Knopf originally wrote the software for his own use to manage a church mailing list, on an Apple II. Later, he ported it to CP/M, and then to MS-DOS. Other people heard about it, and started requesting copies. Eventually, the cost of sending out update disks inspired Knopf to include a note requesting a small cash donation to offset the expenses. The response was overwhelming, and when his income from PC-File exceeded "ten times" what he was making from his job at IBM, he decided to turn Buttonware into a full-time business. 2. Current stuff too, like Mike Perham's https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidekiq https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidekiq https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35566768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35566768 mperham: ... I'm closer to $10m than $1m in annual revenue now. Mike Perham, Creator of Sidekiq: From Employment to Independence: https://codecodeship.com/blog/2023-04-14-mike-perham https://codecodeship.com/blog/2023-04-14-mike-perham There must be others ...