A couple of thoughts:Would the eval version work for you? It only deploys to the emulator, but its free.What about the student version? Are you a student? Then its only $99. There are some licensing issues, but it might be an option. Wally Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:45:39 -0600 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mono-android] Too Expensive for Me
they just offered a 25% discount for Black Friday. It may still be active http://blog.xamarin.com/2011/11/24/black-friday-sale/ You'll probably have better luck discussing this with them privately rather than complaining about their pricing in a public forum On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Duncan McQueen <[email protected]> wrote: Development tools are expensive, but there are good programs by Microsoft to ease this burden on startups (see BizSpark, for example). Would love to see MonoDroid as a BizSpark benefit. On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Lennie De Villiers <[email protected]> wrote: > Go see how much Visual Studio.Net cost.... developer tools are expensive for > a reason, developer rates are also high... picture how high you rate is and > the developers of Monotouch and MonoDroid as well. > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 12:16 PM, owaits <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It is not normal that I post asking for something to be discounted but I >> think in this case it is valid. I really like the Mono for Android concept >> and I really want to support the project but for me the $400 price tag is >> simply too much and I can not justify purchasing the product. As I develop >> in C# it would be the ultimate solution for me. >> >> I develop a free application and it is just too much to afford especially >> considering it is only a years worth of support. So in a year I will have >> to >> pay again. >> >> I am writting this mainly to ask if you would consider another pricing >> tier >> maybe at $200 so that people like me can purchase your product and not >> have >> to look to learn java. Maybe you could also consider a Christmas sale? ;-) >> >> I really like this product and really want to use it but at the moment you >> are going to loose me as a customer. >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Too-Expensive-for-Me-tp5041349p5041349.html >> Sent from the Mono for Android mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> Monodroid mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > > > > _______________________________________________ > Monodroid mailing list > [email protected] > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
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