Maybe an idea for a low-cost "small-guy" license would include a limit on project sizes. Is it a good assumption that low-income or no-income development projects probably won't be using 1000 source files? I know there will be exceptions, but there has to be some way to try to keep the profitable developers from getting the cheap version.
Wangjammer5 wrote: > >>Wangjammer5 wrote: >> > >>>There are so many free solutions out there, the "bang for buck" has to be >>>HUGE to differentiate something like IDEA from free IDEs. Most of the >>> > >>I think it is. There's lightyears between IDEA and free IDEs. >> > > I completely agree with that. > > >>>major commercial IDEs have an non-time limited free version for personal >>>use. IDEA doesn't, and that's probably why you're seeing lots of eval key >>>requests every 3 weeks. >>> >>> > >>Those free versions have certain features disabled. Which features >>would you be >>willing to do without in IDEA? >> > > Well, none really. However at the current price level our small > development team simply cannot justify the expense - especially when you > can get a new eval key easily. > > However, if it became impossible to get new eval keys, I am sure we > wouldn't all register at the current (even reduced $200) price. > > It would be a sad day indeed for us to go back to another IDE. I > desperately want all of our team to have IDEA, but the current price is > (for us) prohibitive. I've sold software myself (end-user as well as > software components) and my experience has shown that lower prices yield > more customers, and eventually more income. > > Just my suggestion. We're not all in large enterprises that will pay > $200-$400 per user. > > Wouldn't a $50-$100 single user license with no support (but updates of > course) be a good plan? The main thing corporates want is support when > things go wrong... us corporate outcasts just have to put up and wait for > a public upgrade ;-) > > I really believe in the long term the money made with a much lower price > would beat the income from the higher priced version, but hey maybe I'm > wrong. At least with a lower price you can tell people to forget their > volume discounts. > > I realise I'm going against the grain here. I just thought I'd share my > real-world observations about this. > > Heck, I recommended IDEA to my main client and they immediately bought > several licenses. I'm sure even they would have bought more licenses > (hehe one for me too) if the price was lower - and they are a large company. > > Cheers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > -- Erb ============================================================== "The only time I like in the morning is afternoon." - Russell D. Cooper "If you do everything, then you're all done." - Melissa F. Cooper "Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris." - Larry Wall ============================================================== _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
