I have been writing a software analysis package, in my spare time, and I want to distribute the package, after I have tested it on a number of different platforms and with a number of data sets, which I have invested in some compute resources to do.
Since, I haven't had the luxury of grants for support I am thinking that at some point and time I will want to monetize the the package, however for the time being I think I want to focus on producing a great product, and minimize overhead because I am competing with companies like Partek and CLC, and part of my business model is that I can produce and distribute software with less overhead. Though I do want to avoid the trap of having to compete with my own previously released products, so I am thinking that the initial releases will have to have a kill switch, since for clock based expiration I have seen bio-angels do things like reset bios clocks to run Genespring after their license expired, it will have to be a ET phone home model, however I will probably make it so that it just won't do new analysis, and previous analysis will continue to open. Does this seem like a fair way of doing business?
Since, I haven't had the luxury of grants for support I am thinking that at some point and time I will want to monetize the the package, however for the time being I think I want to focus on producing a great product, and minimize overhead because I am competing with companies like Partek and CLC, and part of my business model is that I can produce and distribute software with less overhead. Though I do want to avoid the trap of having to compete with my own previously released products, so I am thinking that the initial releases will have to have a kill switch, since for clock based expiration I have seen bio-angels do things like reset bios clocks to run Genespring after their license expired, it will have to be a ET phone home model, however I will probably make it so that it just won't do new analysis, and previous analysis will continue to open. Does this seem like a fair way of doing business?
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