Money and Software

1. Paul Graham is one of the wise old men of the ISV community.  His article on 18 mistakes that kill startups is fascinating.
2. Many applications have a trial period after which you must purchase, others are feature limited from the start, but the limited version can be used indefinitely.  When designing a software product, it is important to consider how non-paying users can be converted to buyers.  The question of if a web application should have a free version sparked an interesting discussion: http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.452748

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