Running a company do have expenses, besides the running expenses like renting a office etc you need to pay staff and developers do have big salaries because of our advance careers. If you also go do research u can see how expensive dev tools r in general.. Unity 3D is $1500 for 1 user license, $399 per plugin for iOS/Android, Delphi tools are the same, don't let me mention Visual Studio.Net tools or other software like MS Office 2011.
Am sure that the MonoDroid/MonoTouch pricing model is justified and if somebody post in this group complaining about the pricing then go use the FREE tools like JAVA that does exist. Am sure this pricing model was decided after proper market research, budgeting, cater for company and dev tool growth etc and not just decided in a second to screw us. The debate about money have been in this group from the start bla bla bla and I guest those that complain will only be happy if these tools are made FREE like the Mono compiler/MonoDevelop... In the end its your choice on what product u wanna use, nobody is holding a gun to ur head... But don't hold one and expect everything to be FREE since u will not do work for FREE so don't expect somebody else to. ------Original Message------ From: Sam Hobbs To: [email protected] To: Discussions related to Mono for Android Subject: Re: [mono-android] Good deal Sent: Dec 4, 2011 03:43 The only people I see complaining are you and people like you. Someone posted a request, not a complaint. Others are posting criticisms of that request. It is the criticisms that should stop. [email protected] wrote: > For those that have a problem with pricing, shut up plz and go use JAVA for > Android dev, u can't complain since that is FREE > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > > -----Original Message----- > From: frankhevans<[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 15:21:04 > To:<[email protected]> > Reply-To: Discussions related to Mono for Android<[email protected]> > Subject: [mono-android] Good deal > > I'm sure the price point is as low as it can be to keep the effort alive. > I've gotten away with using mono free-of-charge for years. Paying for > mono-droid is the least I can do. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Too-Expensive-for-Me-tp5041349p5045409.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 > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! _______________________________________________ Monodroid mailing list [email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
