Designing Learning Technology

Mon, 03 Nov 2003

Shareware vs. "Indie software"
Brent Simmons muses on how the term "shareware" seems no longer relevant, when large software companies use the same kinds of mechanisms (free download, online purchasing, no actual retail box) to allow prospective buyers to try software before they purchase it. Yet there are still distinctions between large corporate developers like Adobe and small companies like Brent's (and, as we start moving some internal projects out the door, Inquirium). One of the comments on Brent's post uses the term "indie software," which I like.

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