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Need some inspiration? MicroISVs often find inspiration
and encouragement in hearing the stories of other
software developers who have achieved success,
both on a small scale and a large scale. Read
the following software success stories for some
motivation!
Bob
Young and the Rise of Red Hat Software
What began as a better way to build software--openness,
transparency, collaboration--soon shifted the
balance of power in an entire industry. The revolution
of choice continues. Today Red Hat is the world's
most trusted provider of Linux and open source
technology.
Panic
(Apple)
Successful Apple software solutions.
HC
Topp Systems (Globell) -
Software publisher in Germany that publishes and
localizes software titles.
RIT
Labs
RITLabs develops computer software for corporate
and individual users. The most popular product
is The Bat!, a small yet extremely flexible email
client with extensive capabilities not found in
other email clients.
Abbyy
USA
ABBYY develops linguistic and artificial intelligence
(AI) software providing a full line of document
recognition, document conversion and data capture
technologies and products. ABBYY is an international
company with over 600 employees worldwide
Alawar
Entertainment
Founded on April 8, 1999, Alawar Entertainment
has over eight years of experience in the development,
publication and distribution of casual games.
The company has published more than 150 titles,
won fans all over the world and is the largest
provider of casual games in Eastern Europe.
Microvision
Development
Software company that adds expression to your
personal and professional communications.
Agnitum
Agnitum Ltd. is a software development company
committed to delivering and supporting high quality
security software products. Agnitum was founded
in St Petersburg, Russia, in February 1999 with
the goal of delivering security software for PC
users that is effective yet easy to use – not
an easy balance to achieve.
Paessler
Software
Since Dirk Paessler founded the company in 1997
we have been developing, marketing, selling, and
supporting network software. More than 40.000
software licenses have been sold to date and more
than 100.000 installations are active worldwide
MJT
Net
MJT Net Ltd is the private company that created
Macro Scheduler, the leading Automation and Scripting
solution for Microsoft Windows. The first release
of the software was created by Marcus Tettmar,
CEO of MJT Net Ltd, in 1997.
iolo
iolo technologies, LLC is a leading provider of
Windows-based utility software aimed at improving
the overall computing experience. Founded in 1998,
with corporate offices in Los Angeles, California,
USA, our products continue to win awards year
after year.
StopZilla
iS3 was incorporated in Florida in 1991 as International
Software Systems Solutions, Inc. In ten years
as a consulting firm, iS3 developed powerful enterprise
solutions for clients such as IBM, Kmart and Federated
Department Stores. In 2001, our founders set out
on a bold experiment, convinced that there was
a place for superior technology and service in
Web-based commerce.
Task
Paper - HogBay Software
An Indie Launch story.
Rogue
Amoeba
Before starting Rogue Amoeba Alex, Quentin, and
I worked together in a professional capacity at
several companies, on a string of MP3 players.
In fact, the genesis for Audio Hijack was in a
little-known plugin for MacAmp and MacAmp Lite
X. When we couldn't get approval from our previous
corporate overlords to release Audio Hijack ,
we left to form a new company - Rogue Amoeba.
Gus
Mueller
How to become an independent programmer in just
1068 days.
Gish
Sales Stats 
Information about game software sales.
Other
Game Software Sales
Sales statistics are real life examples on how
much games can sell. You will can get download
numbers, conversion rates, sold copies, promotion
methods and other information to motivate and
help you.
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