home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!csus.edu!netcom.com!nagle
- From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
- Subject: Re: Business Opportunity
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.182528.1447@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Dec28.133521.25389@irscscm.UUCP>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:25:28 GMT
- Lines: 28
-
- mlake@irscscm.UUCP (Marshall Lake) writes (twice):
- >We at TEAM Software are considering putting together a catalogue of
- >computer software for the end user. This software could be any type
- >(entertainment, utility, educational, etc.) and run on any platform
- >(PC, Amiga, Macintosh, Atari, NeXT, UNIX, etc.). The software would be
- >inexpensive to the end user (we envision $5 to $15). It would be kept
- >inexpensive by not including any type of packaging and providing the
- >documentation as a disk file. We would not necessarily exclude higher
- >priced software, however.
-
- Two companies already do this. One is EDUCORP, which is oriented
- towards CD-ROMs, but also sells low-priced software on disks. The other
- is some outfit which puts big racks of disks in places like electronics
- surplus stores. Their product can be seen at Wierd Stuff Warehouse in
- Sunnyvale CA.
-
- Educorp is probably the one to emulate. They publish a catalog,
- bound as a paperback book. Educorp sells software at a flat rate of $6.99
- per disk (1990 price). There are other deals ("Software Mystery Grab
- Bag, $0.99/disk"), but the flat rate is the basic idea. Educorp was
- Mac-oriented in 1990, but things may have changed. They offered
- 542 disks in 1990, and for $1,349.58, you could buy all of them.
- Or for $199, the whole thing on CD-ROM.
-
- The offer they make to developers is that if you submit a disk, and
- they accept it, they send you 1 to 5 disks of other software back. Thrill.
-
- John Nagle
-