It is my sad duty to inform you that Mike Dulin, ASP President, passed away recently. The ASP board of directors has elected him posthumously to the ASP Hall of Fame as its 2010 inductee.
A public obituary may be found at:
gazettextra.com/obits/2010/jul/31/michael-dulin/
and as was requested, the ASP has made a donation in his name to both WBEZ Radio, Chicago, and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.
Mike will be sorely missed both for his devotion to the ASP as well as his wit and character as well.
Dennis Reinhardt Announcements Mike Dulin President
Today it is relatively easy to market your software (through a web site), distribute the software (via Internet downloads) and collect payment (using an online payment provider). It wasn’t so easy before the Internet existed. “Shareware” appeared in the 1980s as a way for small commercial developers to reach a large market.
Shareware was one of the surprises of the early personal computer industry. Who would have thought that you could make a living from software paid for on the honor system? Make it publicly available, invite people to make copies of it and give them to their friends, and base your income prospects on a little notice asking people to send you a few dollars if they found the program useful.
Michael Swaine, Dr Dobbs, January 2000
Early shareware pioneers including Andrew Fluegelman, Jim Knopf (Button), Bob Wallace and Marshall Magee proved the commercial viability of the shareware concept, reportedly making millions. Read more…
Andy Brice Announcements, Articles, Interviews, News ASP, News, shareware, software, try before you buy
Happy new year everyone! “Lets hope the year of the Tiger treats us better than the year of the Cow did!” 
, to quote Bill from Webmaster World.
I hope this year the ASP will become even more popular (this is also the main 2010 goal of Jim Coutu, the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ASP) and will welcome more software authors.
A few changes have happened inside the ASP board: it has a new Chairman and 3 new members have joined the Board for a two year term. Jim Coutu from GatorData Inc is the new Chairman of the Board of Directors for this year. The three new members who have been elected for the board, that I wish to welcome wholeheartedly, are:
A big thank you on behalf of everyone at ASP goes to the 3 members whose term ended in the Board of Directors, for all the enthusiastic work done in ASP: Henk Devos, Greg Weir and Dave Gjessing. Read more…
Adriana Iordan Announcements ASP, association, association of shareware professionals, shareware, software
The ASP funded the development of a software certification service called Safer Downloads (SD) through the trial stage.
It now wants to divest itself of this property and is soliciting bids to transfer ownership.
Up for sale, as a package, are the:
- saferdownloads.com (.net & .org) and safeshareware.com domain names (4 total)
- USPTO trademark registration of the seals
- ownership of the proprietary software and content used to power the site
- activity and test records, as they exist on site
All funds offered by initial prospective customers (less than 10) have been returned. Most bank balances have been recovered by the ASP. An existing CD (time deposit) will be recovered soon and so there are no financial assets transferring to buyer under this sale. Read more…
Dennis Reinhardt Announcements ASP, safer downloads, software
Download PADGen 3.1.0.41
ASP announced recently that a new version of PADGen ( 3.1.0.41) is available – utility that helps software developers create portable application description (PAD) files. This is the first major update to the PADGen™ PAD™ generation tool in over a year.
Does your software support Windows 7? If so, you need to update to the new PADGen. In addition to Windows 7, the new PADGen supports a streamlined and standardized list of Windows operating systems.
Are you switching to Mac? The new PADGen supports a standard OSX type rather than specific version numbers. This future-proofs your submissions. iPhone is new as well. Read more…
Dennis Reinhardt Announcements, News
Here we are at another milestone – the ASP Blog launch day . I’m just as excited as you are when thinking of the things we will be able to do via this powerful tool. As a first post, let me tell you more about…
… the idea behind it:
This new resource is intended to help you as a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals share your experience and learn from others on various topics of your interest.
… main benefits you can get from the blog:
I’m sure many of you are advocates of blogs in general. What’s in it for you on this one? First of all, you will know how others handled various aspects of their business, what was successful and what went wrong. You can learn from their know-how and calibrate your strategy in the right direction, avoiding pitfalls.
Secondly, you can benefit from important advertising / promotion opportunities via the ASP Blog. Don’t get me wrong, we won’t encourage or accept blatant advertising. We encourage real knowledge, tips, ideas. The more you contribute, the more your name will be associated with Software Industry Professionals.
… contributing to the blog:
Any ASP member can post on the blog. You just have to send your request to blog@asp-shareware.org and you will get further details via email. Read more…
Adriana Iordan Announcements association, microisv, shareware, software
It is my sad duty to inform you that Mike Dulin, ASP President, passed away recently. The ASP board of directors has elected him posthumously to the ASP Hall of Fame as its 2010 inductee.
