Re: Stand Alone EXE
From: David Pendrey (fairydave_at_dodo.com.au)
Date: 03/19/05
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Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 07:52:06 GMT
Doesn't mean they can't sell a version without the support, only the
packaged help files. Then forums could be started up for people to help
eachother and it would all work out. They would get much more sales albeit
at a lower price so they could still make a profit and many more people
would be happy. Once you get a few users who can use a program correctly,
then get them to set up a forum you tend to not need all that much tech
support.
"Jim Hubbard" <reply@groups.please> wrote in message
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> "Michael A. Covington" <look@ai.uga.edu.for.address> wrote in message
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>> "Jim Hubbard" <reply@groups.please> wrote in message
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>>>> 1 Application License per unit with Basic support $4,000.00
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>>> The price is a little steep for freeware or small software shops, but
>>> there is a reason for the price.
>>>
>>> Although Thinstall is very useful, the vast number of options it affords
>>> the developer usually means a great deal of hand-holding and one-on-one
>>> development assistance...
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>> But if you price it out of most programmers' reach, it never becomes well
>> known to the programming community. It may make sales, but it won't make
>> history.
>
> Thinstall is actually making history. It is the most stable method of
> distributing desktop applications in the world.
>
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>> If it were $99, I'd use it for the demo version of one of my apps, so
>> that users could download and try it without any awareness of .NET.
>
> Not to minimize your observation, but if it were $99, it wouldn't be the
> great product it is today. (It takes more money to build a Mercedes than
> a Yugo.)
>
> As a small business myself, I understand the financial constraints that
> small businesses must face. However, you also must weigh the benefits of
> the product (which are substantial in this case) against the price.
>
> I think it's worth it. It will reduce your installation and maintenance
> customer service calls to almost nil. if you write software for a living
> or distribute software as a major product, it pays itself in short order.
>
> Jim Hubbard
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