Thank you all for sharing your insight. I forgot about Moneydance and the games, those are very good points. I'm finishing my app on the Mac for now, but I'll be keeping a very close eye on the Linux market. I'm very interested in bringing a Linux version to market, but one thing at a time.
I've been pleasantly surprised today, I was halfway expecting answers to my question to be hostile. Thanks again, Jon On Mar 5, 2010, at 3:43 PM, Jon Buys 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 > > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
