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You need to discuss with the customer his exact requirements, down to the last detail. Then you need to estimate the time it will take for you to meet those requirements, not forgetting to include time needed for testing purposes. I have found writing unit tests takes almost as long as writing the code for the project. Then, depending on what you think your time is worth, you can come up with an estimate for the project. My advice would be to add an extra 25% on the estimate of time you think it will take, as I found it is always better to over estimate than the other way around.
When I was a coder, we worked on algorithms. Today, we memorize APIs for countless libraries — those libraries have the algorithms - Eric Allman
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Well the best to do it is the one on one face to face conversation with your client. Never share or ask about the requirement and all on phone or video conferencing etc because you might can not get the exact requirement. Schedule a meeting and talk one to one with your client.
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How to approach to client for taking project?
How do you estimate/analyze the requirement of the client?
Let's discuss here
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This is very good question. but everybody has different approach for their Business. But it would be good if you can share your views.
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For this you should have good profile with valuable experience and you will surely get a project
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Projects aren't handed out based on profiles.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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This user's a spammer. Feel free to wield the spammer hammer.
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Mukund Thakker wrote: How to approach to client for taking project?
Salespeople. They call potential clients, telling how awesome the product is, and, that we're offering a rebate this month.
Mukund Thakker wrote: How do you estimate/analyze the requirement of the client?
Estimate and analyzing are two different steps. First you guess, based on the general information that the client puts forward. Then you'll have to analyze each bit; create a data-model if required, make sure that you understand the client (lists of definitions help here), understand what needs to be built and what the constraints of it's platform will be (requirements), specs[^], we collect and verify user-stories..
It's kind of a broad topic 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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I like the link you provided. That guy tells really nice stories!
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This process needs some one who having a good experience in its field. Approach to your client with some really good presentation of your work. Make your client understand your things in a polite way. Keep good attitude in front of them.
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I'm working on a product and now that it's nearing completion, I'm starting to worry about copyright and trademark.
I see the two all the time but have little to no knowledge of them.
Copyright is the rights to distribute the product, so putting copyright on the product will prevent illegal distribution, right? (Prevent or allow me to sue them I mean)
Trademark is used to reserve the use of a name/image (according to wikipedia).
So putting a Trademark on the product name will protect it from use by others.
My two questions are:
If I Copyright a product, do I also need to Trademark it's name to prevent others from using it?
Can a Trademarked software product name be used in something completely unrelated such as a play?
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Your best bet is to ask a lawyer with knowledge of these areas: if your product is truly valuable then you should not hesitate to spend whatever is required to properly protect it.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I agree with digital man - but it is very true what Mr. Chris M says too.
Verify.
With Kind Regards,
April
Comm100 - Leading Live Chat Software Provider
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I'm not a lawyer. I assume you;ve read the wikipedia article on copyright[^]
What do you mean by "use"? If you create something then you control how it's distributed, so if you don't want someone using it, don't distribute it.
A trademark protects the mark's use for commercial purposes - it doesn't mean it can't be used in places (such as an article about the product) where there's no chance of there being confusion about whether you're using the name for commercial purposes or just talking about it.
I think what you're after is a License agreement. Get a lawyer if you're concerned, or pick a common license[^]
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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The laws change from country to country and are different again when talking worldwide.
Speak to a lawyer.
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A 5 for that most sage advice.
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So I'm currently working on a small personal product for non-commercial use.
The product is freeware and has plugin/addin capabilities.
The question is wether I should get a seperate domain name for the product or host it on a subdomein of my private website?
The real problem is that if it were to become popular, the url is rather unfriendly.
modified on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:24 AM
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Get the domain name. It costs stuff all.
But host it in a sub-folder on your private domain. That way you're not paying for extra hosting, and the url can still be friendly. (providing your hosting account allows for multiple domain names, if it doesn't....Change).
Then, Just point the dns of your new domain to www.Yourprivatedomain.com/newdomainfoldername/
...or somthing like that.
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Hi, if you are serious about your non-commercial product (and have expectations for it to become something huge), it is well worth it to purchase it's own domain for $5.
You can always host the site on your current server, but point the DNS to the new domain.
The last comment I would like to make is that you mentioned that the URL is "unfriendly".. this should just be another reason to purchase a more "friendly" URL, so the product has a better chance to become something significant to the community and not just be a waste of your time. 
Best of luck.
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"The real problem is that if it were to become popular, the url is rather unfriendly"
Interesting question because nowadays many people do not need to remember urls as they did in the past - google takes care of urls.
I have some freeware that sees +-500 downloads a day(from my site).
The vast majority of hits are through other sites that provide links to my site - and many sites copy my download and host it themselves.
So a friendly url is not necessarily vital...
However in the end I think having a separate domain name for your software/products just adds that little bit more of a professional feel to it...
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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Ok, so I'm ready to start marketing and selling what I think is a killer niche
engineering app. The problem is I don't know how to actually set up the
mechanics of selling it on a site! Can anyone help?
Basic situation:
Ive got a windows app ready for distribution and sales
its got an installer, a ftp site that it gets updates for itself, etc
now what is the easiest way to set up a store?
i.e. how do i get a "pay $25 with your credit card to download my app button" with
credit card payment processing/ftp download etc?
-M
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miikkakangas wrote: what is the easiest way to set up a store?
Use PayPal like I do on my site.
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I had a bad experience with paypal where someone bought a key off me.
Then 30 minutes later they declared that their card had been used fraudulently.
Paypal refunded them and they got to keep the key and give my software away for free.
When I googled the postcode for the member I discovered that their registered address was in the middle of a docklands area in Inverness Scotland.
So my suggestion is that if you use paypal you verify the credentials of the buyer before sending a key - I would not want you to learn the hard way as I did...
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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Yes, you are correct. Unfortunately, this may happen with any card processor, not just PayPal. The card processors - and the credit card companies themselves - are all on the side of the buyer. If the buyer says it was fraudulent, then that's it - you have no chance of getting that decision reversed.
It's a cost of doing business.
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