The market may as well be here but I believe that the same diversity that some
see as the strength of the Linux makes creating indie applications for Linux
risky and difficult. [1]
I wouldn't mind paying 20 bucks for an application but it would have to be
perfectly integrated with my system - updates though package manager, using all
the fancy libraries like PolicyKit for authorization, GSettings for keeping
settings... and of course it would have to be written in GTK+. And of course
there are KDE users who have completely different requirements. And people who
don't use any of them.
And even if you make a choice you have to keep track of all Linux development
so you can keep with library depreciation.
1. It won't be a problem in case of the highly popular applications that you
really need for your work - they may as well use Motif to draw widgets and
people will still use them.
"Jon Buys" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I posted this on the Ubuntu Forums, and didn't get a whole lot of feedback, so
>I thought I'd try this mailing list.
>
>I'm launching a commercial software business. I'm targeting the Mac right now,
>but I am curious to find out how this would be received by the Linux
>community. I have an ongoing conversation with a friend of mine about this,
>and I think that the free and open culture surrounding Linux would mean that
>there is no market for an indie dev to go after. He thinks that the market is
>here, am I wrong?
>
>Would anyone buy a $20 app on Linux?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jon
>
>
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