Morten, I would BET* you five British Pounds that at SOME time in the future you WILL respond.
I might offer* 2% of those five British Pounds to the person who manages to WRITE the email which coaxes YOU into a response. :-). <small print>*Conditions apply. Without prejudice, subject to contract, offer may be withdrawn or modified at any stage in the future with or without further notification. NB. This offer is not worth the paper it is not written on.</small print> On a serious note, I get the impression that the two main reasons people choose APL is legacy and the psychological disorder related to our expectations of increased quality as a function of price. On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Morten Kromberg <[email protected]> wrote: > As previously mentioned, a 2% royalty license WILL allow you to give away > demos or free copies of your software based on Dyalog APL. There are just no > free runtimes if you ARE charging for your work. We would love it if the > market was big enough to support completely free runtimes and voluntary > payments for support etc but at the moment we can't make those numbers add > up. We're funding a very significant investment in the technology (possibly > one of the largest interpreter development efforts in the history of the > language). > > It is perfectly acceptable to use a "non-commercial" license to develop > systems that are intended to BECOME commercial systems. You just need to get > one of our licenses (2% royalty, or individual development & runtime > licenses) when you start "trading" your application (or if you are using the > resulting applications yourself for professional purposes). > > Our pricing is specifically aimed at giving a low entry cost and no risk or > "investment" before you are making money from the use of the product. > Possibly, we need to do more work on explaining it, people still seem to > think that APL interpreters are expensive... > > And now I PROMISE not to respond to any further messages on this topic, in > this forum :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Clark [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 30. maj 2009 18:20 > To: Chat forum > Subject: Re: [Jchat] No More APL > > Richard, > >>APL+ ... Unlimited free runtimes. > > I think you've stumbled on the heart of the matter. At least as > applied to innovative apps, as opposed to "commodity" software. > > This is the key reason why I continue to maintain an APL+Win app for > the local branch of a major UK charity. When, for my own satisfaction, > I'd cheerfully have ported the lot to Dyalog APL long ago. > > ... rest snipped ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
