Announcing the official release of SurvivalWare Version 2.0

$385 Introductory Pricing – until May 15th
You can purchase Survivalware with the All Purpose Model (FM2007) at the website for $385, including support for the first year.  Support is $95 per year after that.
(Customers with customized models – check with your group sponsor / franchisor for availability).
On May 15, 2008, the price goes up to $895. Here [...]

SurvivalWare Version 2.0 Status – getting closer

The last post about the status of version 2.0 was 2 weeks ago.  The reference to “Hell Week” turned out to be prescient.   Instead of “Documentation Week” last week it turned out to be “Bug Fix Week.”  That’s what happens when you get it out to a wider circle of Beta testers.
 
You would think I [...]

Surviving a cash crisis – Fundamentals

 Surviving a cash crisis – Fundamentals
(This article originally appeared on the SurvivalWare website several years ago.  I thought it might be helpful in these turbulent times). 
This article is intended to give you a common sense, rational approach to assessing how bad things are, and to use the information to help craft a way to survive [...]

SurvivalWare Pricing Decision

Setting prices for software licenses has never been easy.   Most of your costs are up front, the marginal cost of production is tiny, and it is very difficult to predict how many units you are going to sell to absorb the upfront costs. 
 
There is a service component of what you sell (e.g. help-line support, [...]