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asp historical archive association of software professionals 1987 to 2021 asp historical archive association of software professionals 1987 to 2021 menu skip to content asp aspects newsletter how not to write a press release consumers find software as an informed consumer how to download software what s a cloud app and why would i want it history asp hall of fame asp hall of fame inductees 2000 asp hall of fame inductees 2001 asp hall of fame inductees 2002 2003 asp hall of fame inductees 2004 2005 asp hall of fame inductees 2006 2008 spyware adware malware thief spyware consumer s guide misv resources book reviews write better and sell more software business articles choosing a price for your program how important is a copyright notice how to make your website visitors actually read your copy and care how to name an app a program a company or a service if no independent developers are 100 times smarter than you then why do some get 100 times the results who owns the code marketing articles 5 steps to ascertain who your product benefits and how to use that information call yourself are you impossible to reach how to make a million dollars in software identifying and internalizing your audience marketing budgets and financial controls turn off the tv and start writing your press release technical articles consolidating page requests to a single preferred domain for seo get localized and start selling in other countries optimizing your installer basics uninstall surveys what to localize in software search for asp the asp has ceased operations on these pages we ve kept the history of the asp the shareware industry and the asp hall of fame and some of the articles written for and by software developers and microisvs that s small independent software vendors founded in 1987 the asp pioneered the try before you buy marketing method that is now universal in the software industry during the heyday of shareware and dial up bulletin board systems in the late 20th century the asp played a significant role in making file_id diz files a de facto standard for describing software products for catalog vendors and later early internet download sites later asp members developed the portable application description pad format used to allow software authors to provide product descriptions and specifications to online sources in a standard way in the early 21st century the pad file specification was utilized by over 40 000 software publishers and 1000 pad supported software catalog websites the pad system was popular because web sites could pull updated data from a single file stored on the software author s site the final release of the pad specification v4 0 was released to the public domain as of january 2022 after nearly 34 years of support by and for independent software vendors the membership voted to dissolve the asp the association stopped accepting new members in mid 2020 and formally ceased operations on december 31 2021 thank you for your interest in the asp jeff gibson asp president 2021 joel diamond asp vice president 2021 howard sobel asp board chair 2021 james greene asp director 2021 steve faleiro asp director 2021 rich holler asp office manager 2021 the asp was a professional trade association of software developers who create and market leading edge applications including successful developers of desktop and laptop programs software as a service saas applications cloud computing and mobile apps these members share their experiences of mastering the most promising technologies benefiting from new marketing strategies and working through the business challenges we all face the asp invented how software is sold today the asp s mission statement to educate and assist members in running and building their microisv independent software vendor businesses to inform users about how software and apps are distributed and marketed to encourage broader distribution of apps and software to provide a forum through which asp members may communicate share ideas and learn from each other and to foster a high degree of professionalism among microisvs by setting programming marketing and support standards for asp members to follow asp on facebook site map the asp historical archive is sponsored by science translations and edited by former aspects editor and asp hall of fame member jerry stern this web site and all contents are copyright 1996 2021 by the association of software professionals all rights reserved