7/4 Is anyone on Soda a shareware author for living? Is it at all
possible?
\_ does http://www.wulfram.com count?
\_ I think this guy has no day job, and probably makes a decent living:
http://www.winedt.com
his software really really really kicks ass, though, and
the price is pretty low for how great it is, so people don't
feel as annoyed by paying. if this software were for sale in a
store for 100 bucks, i'd still go buy it.
\_ There are a very rare few people in the world who have made huge
wads of cash from shareware. There is a slightly larger group that
makes a living but nothing spectacular from it. The other 98% don't
make enough to buy a can of beans.
\_ I don't know of anyone who does it full-time, but there are a lot
of people out there who write one or two cool toys, and then
get a fair amount of pocket money out of it. Except for the fact
that he's a really over-the-top jesus looney, the dude who wrote
UltraEdit is a pretty good example. -John |