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Post by Jerry Muelver on Aug 23, 2007 9:58:35 GMT -5
When might we have persistent project storing and running (from dropdown menu?) user-created programs on the Run BASIC server site? Is there a proposed business model for a fee- or subscription-based service for such project support?
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Post by carlgundel on Aug 23, 2007 10:22:04 GMT -5
When might we have persistent project storing and running (from dropdown menu?) user-created programs on the Run BASIC server site? Is there a proposed business model for a fee- or subscription-based service for such project support? I have not been committed in my mind to such a service, but I'm open to it. Do you think that people would be willing to pay enough to make this a sustainable business model? -Carl |
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Post by Jerry Muelver on Aug 23, 2007 10:48:10 GMT -5
Well, any money is better than none!
It could be a project farm, like a wiki farm, with subscription for having a page with links to your own projects on the farm. The programmer might charge users for access to his farm page. Access restricted by username/password, so the programmer can change it periodically to update his user list. It would be like merchants paying rent at a mall, sort of. You could add an extra tier of service, like programming consulting or somesuch, for those who need/want it. Jer's project page would have tutorials and lessons, for instance. Alyce's might have UI-building toolkits.
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Post by carlgundel on Aug 23, 2007 11:14:56 GMT -5
Well, any money is better than none! That depends on whether it is worth my while to support such a model. Interesting. Any thoughts on what you would be willing to pay for such service? -Carl |
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Post by Jerry Muelver on Aug 23, 2007 21:12:24 GMT -5
It costs me more than $5/mo, and less than $10/mo, to have PHP/My SQL, Perl CGI on a web site. I would pay $5/mo for Run BASIC housing, $10/mo for Run BASIC housing plus debugging/programming help support.
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Post by carlgundel on Aug 23, 2007 22:17:28 GMT -5
Well that would be $60/year. Some customers would become very heavy users, and I suppose I could charge them a premium.
The thing is I would probably have to have my own host machines operated by a third party. I wonder if this would be worth the hassle.
I realize that I need to be open to different marketing channels for Run BASIC. Some people will be happy to use it on a home or office LAN, some will be technically savvy enough to run an internet server from behind a firewall, and some will want hosted service.
-Carl
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Post by Jerry Muelver on Aug 24, 2007 7:26:09 GMT -5
Maybe a metered hosted service -- charge per access, like the click-thru advertising people do. Have a monthly minimum charge against a per-access rate. It works for the telephone companies!
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Post by rod on Sept 4, 2007 4:45:48 GMT -5
This is all new territory for me. I pay Freewebs about 120$ a year for their premium service and I use their handholding web page development software. Being able to write content in BASIC style would be great, I feel pretty constrained just now and would easily pay more for a Run BASIC capable host.
Perhaps an additional problem for home users in the UK is that DSL services are not the same speed both ways. If I was capable of setting up a server, configuring my router and firewall I am still restricted to a 256Kb "upload" speed. We can get downloads at 512Kb right up to 8Mb but not uploads. I wonder if that would be restrictive?
Having someone host a Run BASIC capable web site just seems much cleaner. Anyways walk before we run.
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