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by alain94040 18y ago
Yes.
Join the Joel on Software community (http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/?biz http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/?biz) would be my advice.
Don't count on donations is my other advice :-)
Selling consumer software: very tough, but can be done by one individual.
Selling to businesses: very specialized, much easier to make your first $100K, but you can't be a one-man shop.
- doubleyooexwhy 18y agoThat's what I gather. I think for the consumer, they want most things to be free -- and if they're not free, there's always going to be a crack/keygen available for download.
- ruslan 18y agoSell service instead. Like, if you develop a game, sell online access to maps which cannot be downloaded, but can be used once connected. Maintaining accounts is much easier than maintaining keys which can be cracked.
- doubleyooexwhy 18y ago"SaaS" seems to be the buzzword. Thanks for reminding me about it, I'll consider some possible implementations.
- Hexstream 18y agoWell, since the question is, "Any programmers here that are able to make a living selling their own programs?", I thought this approach would be excluded... But it's true that selling services is pretty much the absolute anti-piracy tactic.