How does Chaco make money with Pueblo?
This question is asked a lot. Chaco has historically done licensing deals with other (usually larger) companies. So, if a company wanted a cool MUD client they could use for training, or customer support, or whatever, they could license Pueblo. We have many deals like this in place currently, and more are in the works. Let us know if you’re interested in this kind of arrangement. In the future, it is possible that we’ll add support to Pueblo for “charge-for-time” MUDs, and do billing through Pueblo, but we haven’t done that yet. It’s also possible (even likely) that Pueblo will eventually have an advertising revenue model, like Yahoo, InfoSeek, and others on the World- Wide Web. While the constant deluge of advertising can be annoying, it seems to be the best way to fund cool products for the Internet, so it’s a model we’re looking at actively. Chaco does not sell individual copies of Pueblo to users. It’s such a pain dealing with Mastercard numbers, printed documentation, etc. that it
