Any advice?

Open Source it! You'll be able to improve the project through other's contributions, gain far better publicity which improves job prospects (including consulting work), and it could also lead to some venture capital ala the snort story!

Still reading? Guess you didn't buy it. Oh well, it was worth a shot. Let's see what else I have for advice...

• Finish the script first. Add the database and "specialty modules" (whatever those are) in first, a finished product is far more marketable.
• Don't call it a script, it makes it sound insignificant. It's at least a integrated Perl-based web services development platform (switch buzzwords as appropriate).
• Setup a website for the program (don't forget the picture of the pretty product box with your product's name on it, despite the fact it's not available in boxes..), drop a few hints to prospective companies and see what turns up.

So based on the preceding advice, I'd say your strategy should be as follows:

1. Post a meditation on Perlmonks.
2. Ignore the anonymonks rambling's.
3. ...
4. Profit!!!

Well, that's 3 out of 4. I'll leave the last one as an exercise for the reader. Best of luck! ;-)

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