Ian, a fellow Micro-ISV (who’s ahead of me with a released product!) has posted interesting thoughts regarding software-as-a-service. I thought I’d add a few comments…
“…but it sounds like he’s interested in doing something which may be sold as a software service rather than a straight download and buy.”
I could be wrong here but it sounds like he may be referring to the type of model where the user downloads and installs the software, and has to keep paying an annual fee to keep it from expiring. This isn’t what I had in mind. In actual fact a subscription-based web service is what I am going to try.
“When it comes to web services however, it’s a totally different ball of fish.”
Exactly! And this is the area where I will be concentrating my efforts. I live in a big tourist area, and those I’ve spoken to so far have shown quite an enthusiastic response to the types of features I would be offering. There are some services that offer small bite-sized chunks of my ideas, but none that are quite as broad.
Do I have the ideas? Yep, a plethora!
Could it all fall in heap and not make any money? Yes, it’s by no means a “sure-thing” but, even if it fails, it’ll have taught an awful lot about development, design and business that I could not have learnt elsewhere. And, I can always carry that over into one of the other software ideas I have…
Anyway, thanks for the comments, Ian.
February 2nd, 2006 at 11:36 pm
Ah, good to see your project is going to be a web service, I didn’t get that from your previous posts.
February 2nd, 2006 at 11:48 pm
Yes, still in the early stages, although at least I feel I’ve started doing something towards it - instead of just dreaming about it
Thanks for your comments (both here and in your own post).