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1998-01-20 - Re: Deriving economic profits from writing FREE software?

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From: Steve Mynott <steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
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Message ID: <19980120112950.01497@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
Reply To: <slrn6c0bra.sic.igor@manifold.algebra.com>
UTC Datetime: 1998-01-20 09:36:54 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:36:54 +0800

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From: Steve Mynott <steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:36:54 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Deriving economic profits from writing FREE software?
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On Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 10:27:10PM -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:

> There's the standard shareware model - ask for $25.
> There's the Cygnus model - charge money for support.
> There's the Netscape/McAfee/etc. model - free for personal use,
> 	charge money to companies that use it.
> There's the Eudora model - basic version free, bells&whistles extra.
> There's the advertising-banner model - the software/service is free,
> 	but usage hits an advertising banner in some way that
> 	filters money back to you.

Does anyone have any economic studies (or stories) which compare
the effectiveness of these approaches?

-- 
Steve

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