17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
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