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How Best To Launch Free Software?

Posted by Cliff on from the resources-necessary-at-release-time dept.

Chip asks: "The small business for which I work is preparing to release a free software title for Windows and hopefully Mac and Linux as well. This software is something I believe many people around the world will find useful without ever having to pay a dime. Does anyone have experience with releasing free software on a small budget? Any advice would be very helpful. We have a few months to prepare for beta launch and I am nervous about getting the word out, crashing our servers, etc..."

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  1. Distribute and promote by Vendekkai · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, you could start creating a buzz by talking about your software here. And when it comes to launch time, you could crash test your servers by submitting an announcement to slashdot :-)

    And when you do launch it, get all the software download sites to mirror it (tucows, cnet, etc), and submit it to special interest magazines and sites for review.