On 6/7/07, Gideon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe, for this case, the term "custom software" is more > appropriate. Proprietary software implies that the software is meant > to be a solution for a problem of many people or organization. On the > other hand, "custom software" is not intended for wide distribution > because it only solves a specific problem of a specific client. Most > of the software development by these so called "Micro ISVs" are > actually custom software.
That's right, thanks for reminding me about custom software. However from the venture capital point of view, like consulting, this requires a lot of labor per client. The VC wants an application which is developed once and sold gazillions of times. But as another poster pointed out, you can do that and still be Freedom-friendly by operating a web-based service. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
