Comments on: Freeware Can Be Profitable, Apparently http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/07/09/freeware-can-be-profitable-apparently/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=freeware-can-be-profitable-apparently Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric D. Burdo http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/07/09/freeware-can-be-profitable-apparently/#comment-1015 Eric D. Burdo Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:41:19 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/freeware-can-be-profitable-apparently/#comment-1015 Freeware is profitable if your very popular. But most folks aren't that popular. Of course, I think you could take a free program, and then market it like you do a typical ISV. But you need to be sure of your monetization strategy. Freeware is profitable if your very popular. But most folks aren’t that popular.

Of course, I think you could take a free program, and then market it like you do a typical ISV. But you need to be sure of your monetization strategy.

]]> By: Rick Brewster http://www.kalzumeus.com/2007/07/09/freeware-can-be-profitable-apparently/#comment-1014 Rick Brewster Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:12:58 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/freeware-can-be-profitable-apparently/#comment-1014 Well, I've got a chunk of student debt and a car loan to pay off still. But at 3.2% and 2.9% interest, respectively, it's actually a better idea for me to *not* pay them off early (in fact, the student loan will drop by another percentage point in the next year). It makes more sense for me to put the extra money into a savings account at 4.5 - 5% per year, or to invest in mutual funds or stocks or something. Or to pay down that second mortgage as fast as I can, which is at 9+ % ... :O (I only had a 5% down payment for my condo) As for the car ... well, dang, that's no fun :) You can always drive the BMW E46 M3 in Forza 2! Well, I’ve got a chunk of student debt and a car loan to pay off still. But at 3.2% and 2.9% interest, respectively, it’s actually a better idea for me to *not* pay them off early (in fact, the student loan will drop by another percentage point in the next year). It makes more sense for me to put the extra money into a savings account at 4.5 – 5% per year, or to invest in mutual funds or stocks or something. Or to pay down that second mortgage as fast as I can, which is at 9+ % … :O (I only had a 5% down payment for my condo)

As for the car … well, dang, that’s no fun :) You can always drive the BMW E46 M3 in Forza 2!

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