Commercial Linux software

[Eugene Trounev]

Well, we actually talked about this briefly at bretzen, but agreed that this
was not a priority right now. The paid application market under linux is
infinitely small, + there is no point even talking about this before we have
a sensible distribution platform for it.
So, plan minimum - develop a cross distro, cross architecture, easy to use
distribution platform.
Plan maximum - start thinking about what to sell, and how.

Best Regards,


Eugene Trounev

[it-s]



2011/2/14 Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet at gmail.com>

> On 2011-01-27 Andrew wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >   thanks Jos for the introduction. What I was discussing with Jos was
> that
> > about 12 months ago I was investigating the possibility of a cross-distro
> > app store for the commercial side of Linux apps. Some of the things that
> > came up was the payment and licensing handling and in-app payment work.
> > Unfortunately the lack of resources at the time prevented me from
> promoting
> > this idea further.
> >
> > When discussing the common app installer with Jos I mentioned that the
> > commercial applications (and other digital deliverables) had
> unfortunately
> > not been well promoted, especially in the gaming and commercial
> development
> > tools; let alone a micro-payment donation system etc.
> >
> > I have been working in payment systems (for all different payment
> > types), micro-payment, affiliate and mass payout systems for the last 4
> > years. I have been involved at all levels including bank gateways, fraud
> > controls and working with PCI compliance .
> >
> > I am still reviewing some of the information that Jos has gave me and I
> am
> > looking forward to seeing project going.
> > Looking forward to hearing more and joining the list.
>
> Laddies and gents, I haven't seen any replies to this - has there been any
> thought on payment systems, on commercial apps etc? Does this have to
> happen
> with the Appstream team? Other?
>
> > Regards
> > Andrew Mee
> >
> > On 27 January 2011 14:43, Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > On 2011-01-27 Andrew wrote:
> > > > Jos,
> > > >
> > > >    it was really good to talk to you last night regarding the common
> > > >    app
> > > >
> > > > installer work. I am very interested in seeing what I can bring to
> the
> > > > table with regards to this project.
> > > >
> > > > First off you now have my contact details and perhaps we can discuss
> > > > all this further over a coffee before you go.
> > > >
> > > > In the meantime I'm going to do some catch-up on what you mentioning
> to
> > >
> > > me!
> > >
> > > Awesome. Let me introduce you to Frank Karlitschek & the bretzn team!
> > >
> > > Guys, I spoke last night wit Andrew Mee who mentioned he has once been
> > > thinking about and working a bit on a payment system for open source
> app
> > > store
> > > stuff. He's knowledgable in this area and might be able to help you
> guys
> > > out
> > > in this rather complicated area! Subscribe him to the list and be sure
> to
> > > suck
> > > him in ;-)
> > >
> > > Also be sure to keep Vincent in the loop, as well as the other distro
> > > people!
> > >
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks Again,
> > > >
> > > > Andrew Mee
> > > > +61401665068
>
>
>
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