Indie Software Dev

[Krzysztof Klimonda]

The market may as well be here but I believe that the same diversity that some see as the strength of the Linux makes creating indie applications for Linux risky and difficult. [1]
I wouldn't mind paying 20 bucks for an application but it would have to be perfectly integrated with my system - updates though package manager, using all the fancy libraries like PolicyKit for authorization, GSettings for keeping settings... and of course it would have to be written in GTK+. And of course there are KDE users who have completely different requirements. And people who don't use any of them.
And even if you make a choice you have to keep track of all Linux development so you can keep with library depreciation.
1. It won't be a problem in case of the highly popular applications that you really need for your work - they may as well use Motif to draw widgets and people will still use them.

"Jon Buys" <jonbuys at me.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I posted this on the Ubuntu Forums, and didn't get a whole lot of feedback, so I thought I'd try this mailing list.  
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>I'm launching a commercial software business. I'm targeting the Mac right now, but I am curious to find out how this would be received by the Linux community. I have an ongoing conversation with a friend of mine about this, and I think that the free and open culture surrounding Linux would mean that there is no market for an indie dev to go after. He thinks that the market is here, am I wrong?
>
>Would anyone buy a $20 app on Linux?
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>Thanks,
>
>Jon
>
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