Posts Tagged ‘money’

I am a rising high school junior, and I am very interested into making a tech-related website so I can generate some money (mainly by advertising). However, I need to learn how to make this website in order to put information on it. I just learned basic CSS and HTML5, and I get the general idea of making websites. Are there any other programming languages or tips that I might need to optimize this website?

I would like to create a custom firmware package for off the shelf wifi routers, (linksys/cisco is my preference) open sourced, for an art project. Project is funded and programmer would receive all money beyond hardware purchase requirements to get the project off the ground. I will receive no money, but will retain IP of project.
A custom linksys firmware, for art.

How does the open source software business model works for company like google? How would they earn money other than releasing their own hardware products that works only with their particular software…

Makers of Ubuntu even ship it for free but I always wonder how they make money out of it? And also what developers get for developing some free open-source tools?

Ok, I know you cant sell open source software. But my question is can you use it to make money? Say I integrate an open source software into my website with slight modification in the code as I require. Can I place ads on the same site and monetize on it? I am not selling the software to anyone, I am just using it as a part of my site to ad value to my users. And the money being generated is not through the software but through the ads.

I have a laptop I want to download latest drivers on it such as the video card but I am using a Linux operating system, Ubuntu.
I am very new at this Linux stuff and it can be frustrating. I don’t have the money now to buy a user friendly os so I am experimenting. Any help will be great! ;}

Ok, so i’m 15 years old. Ive tried programming in the past, and it was very hard for me. It struck my mind that i might have started out with the wrong kind of programming. Should i start with C++ ? Java?

If so , where should i learn it? Any book recommendations? Online free courses?

The type of programming i was hoping to do was something that would make me a bit of money, in case i ever needed it. What kind of programs would i have to code to do this?

Thanks for your time.

I’m trying to help a visually impaired friend of mine find software that can convert text to speech. A lot of textbooks do not have audio versions and reading is extremely difficult. However, as a student, this person does not have a lot of money. Any help would be appreciated. I would prefer you actually know or use the program and know it works great instead of just posting random google links.

My husband asked me this question last night while looking at a really cool software release. So I began to wonder myself. Do the coder’s make money? Will they eventually charge for its use once people love it, or sell the rights and then charge current users? Just curious if anyone knows.
Thanks–
Thanks to both contributors for the informative responses!