Just for starters, Ambrosia made (and presumably still do) a healthy living out of doing exactly what you are describing
I didn't mean to imply they didn't exist, it's just that none jumped into my head. However, I believe Delicious Monster, Panic, and Realmac Software probably carry more weight than any single shareware developer did in the Mac OS 8 days. Some of this is blogging, some of it is distribution/bandwidth, some is certainly the quality of the tools. As you say, there's no one "right" viewpoint here. I just wanted to explain my comment.
by Scott Stevenson — Jan 18
I didn't mean to imply they didn't exist, it's just that none jumped into my head. However, I believe Delicious Monster, Panic, and Realmac Software probably carry more weight than any single shareware developer did in the Mac OS 8 days. Some of this is blogging, some of it is distribution/bandwidth, some is certainly the quality of the tools. As you say, there's no one "right" viewpoint here. I just wanted to explain my comment.