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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.

For this approach to work we feel we would need to offer a lot of
product in the catalogue.  We have access to extensive mailing lists for
various platforms.  The programmer would retain all rights to the
software and there would be a contract between the programmer and TEAM
Software.  We expect the programmer to make a royalty of 10% to 15% of
our gross.

Do you know anyone who might be interested in providing software for
something like this?

Marshall Lake
TEAM Software
POB 7332
Washington, DC  20044-7332
tel 703-533-2132
fax 703-538-4598
uucp ...!uunet!{media,mimsy!bogart}!irscscm!mlake

CIS 73717,3174
GEnie MLAKE

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Marshall Lake
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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.

For this approach to work we feel we would need to offer a lot of
product in the catalogue.  We have access to extensive mailing lists for
various platforms.  The programmer would retain all rights to the
software and there would be a contract between the programmer and TEAM
Software.  We expect the programmer to make a royalty of 10% to 15% of
our gross.

Do you know anyone who might be interested in providing software for
something like this?

Marshall Lake
TEAM Software
POB 7332
Washington, DC  20044-7332
tel 703-533-2132
fax 703-538-4598
uucp ...!uunet!{media,mimsy!bogart}!irscscm!mlake

CIS 73717,3174
GEnie MLAKE

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Marshall Lake
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M, BATR..
..Steve Bilan

This is not necessarily a rip off since TEAM is doing all the advertising and
handling all of the accounting (I guess).   I suppose that each programmer
should consider his/her software package, its marketability, and the agreement
before deciding whether or not to go this route.    For small applications,
this may be a more effective route to go than the ShareWare route.

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Quote:> Marshall Lake at Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC

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So to make a decent amount, they'd have to sell well in excess
of 20,000 copies of your program.   Perhaps do-able in a DOS
oriented environment but surely not in this area.

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