From: jack@solucorp.qc.ca (Jacques Gelinas) Subject: Re: What would people think of binary-only software on Linux? Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1993 14:08:46 GMT
This is the market game. If I do a commercial package for LINUX
(binary only, restricted license), then there will be pression
to get something either cheaper, or more flexible, developped
by the net. A good exemple of this is pkzip from pkware. They
showed the way, made some money out of it, and were immitated
later (portable zip ...).
If the price is outraging, then the pression will be high.
This is one rease GCC exist on UNIX, while it is less important
on DOS (a free compiler), where compiler are much more affordable.
So this is a good thing. If you like it, you buy it.
One kind of commercial product I think should prosper on
Linux, is shareware. They are generally inexpensive, and
you can try them before paying.
Is there an archive site already accepting shareware for Linux ?
--======================================================== Jacques Gelinas (jacques@solucorp.qc.ca) Maintainer of US4BINR jacques@us4binr.login.qc.ca