If your story is true, then stop talking about it already! First, Since you're in the U.S.A., you'll be getting into the 40-50% marginal tax bracket with federal, state, and Self-Employment Taxes. If you incorporated in an off-shore jurisdiction, you'll keep all your money. In your situation, it's completely invisible to your corporate customers where you are located. If they're willing to pay random guy in Portland,…
I upvoted you because it's an interesting dissenting opinion, and I've always wondered about whether the upside of being open beats the downside of additional competition. We also don't know whether he paid taxes on the income (I also guess not), and, most importantly, whether his blog post will bring him additional revenue. Do you have many examples where blogging about success brought about competition? Are there b…
Mike is an upstanding citizen and member of the open source community. There's absolutely no reason to make unfounded claims like this against his integrity.