Comment give away basic product, charge for add-ons (Score 1) 540
On a small scale, I adopted the model of Comersus, http://www.comersus.com/index.html, give the basic product away for free and sell add-ons (like gui admin tools) inexpensively. People can use the free product and can choose to write their own add-ons.
If you offer a good product freely, people will download it, test it out, and maybe end up using it. Of the percentage that choos to use it, some will desire better tools, interfaces, etc. If you price the add-ons low enough, some of those people will realize that is is cheaper for them to buy your stuff than to build it themselves.
If you offer a good product freely, people will download it, test it out, and maybe end up using it. Of the percentage that choos to use it, some will desire better tools, interfaces, etc. If you price the add-ons low enough, some of those people will realize that is is cheaper for them to buy your stuff than to build it themselves.
