>It would seem, that somewhere in the market there would be a small niche that would not need all the capacity of your "software" giant offers. Much of the custom develpment in the state results from a lack of solutions or an overstated solution (too many bells and whistles). A lot of mom and pop shops are good for our community. Why fish for tuna when you can catch sardines all day long!

But they ask me always one question - who will support our program after you will be killed (sorry for black humor)? Where can we find another FoxPro programmer? Now I can show them some programmers, but what bout tomorrow? Our qualification is getting worse, because market is not interested in new programs...

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>It would seem the way to start would be to define that niche and go look for prospects that would use your system and politicians (or beaurocrats) that could offer advice on how to do it. Ownership is very important. It is important that you learn how(and are able) to apply for (and retain) a copyright. In the US, a mathmatical equation or method cannot be copyrighted. But a program implementing those methods can. Have you talked to a lawyer?

I think in Russia it is impossible. We (but not me) hate copyright low (the first reason is that we are very poor - MS windows XP costs more then our salary for several months). And another reason (I call it ultra patriotic) - "we do not need to pay to American’s developers, look at China - they do not pay money to US for software and their life is perfect!" I do not agree with that people, but I am in minority :(