Re: Making $s

[Matthias Felleisen <matthias@ccs.neu.edu>]

Yes.

Will Clinger started selling MacScheme in 1987 or 1988. It sold quite a few
copies for little money, and it sold for Mac only. 

Kent Dybvig has been selling Chez Scheme for some 15 years, and apparently
quite a few copy. If I recall it correctly, a Chez license costs $5,000 for
industrial clients, $2,500 for educational site licenses. My guess is that
Kent sold a couple of hundred of these licenses. 

Marc Feeley sells Gambit Scheme to industrial clients. Educational clients
get it for free. 

Do you need more examples? -- Matthias

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  > Hi there,
  > 
  > Is anyone making money from Scheme?  If so, how did
  > you sell it to clients?
  > 
  > Just curious.  For now ;)
  > 
  > Thanks,
  > Noel
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