I see about 100 downloads of Igowin for every purchase of Many Faces, so it is certainly true that free is far, far more popular than not-free.
David > > However, I would say to developers to not worry too much about a > seemingly high rate of piracy. Most software pirates are those who would > not have purchased the program anyway. For example, a friend of mine > created the first iPhone Go clock (which supports e.g. byo-yomi and > Canadian time). He had it available to download for $2 for a week or so, > and less than ten people purchased it. To boost his download stats, he > temporarily made it available for free. Literally overnight he had > around 500 downloads of his program. > > So, if you as a developer see only 10% of the people who run your > software actually pay for it, that doesn't mean that if you'd had > perfect copy protection, you'd be getting ten times the cash. It > probably just means those 90% would never have used the program at all. > > ~ Ross > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
