Yea, how about they just give it back! -----Original Message----- From: Craig van Nieuwkerk Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2011 9:23 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Red Gate will be charging $35 for .NET Reflector
Very disappointing. I am not sure why they need 'a team of developers' to maintain it. People would be happy i am sure with the earlier version with less features and lower (zero) price. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Michael Ridland <[email protected]> wrote: > > How absolutely ridiculous, I'm very disappointing in red gate. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Simple-Talk Special Mailing <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:31 AM > Subject: Red Gate will be charging $35 for .NET Reflector > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > An open letter to the .NET community > > Red Gate has announced that it will charge $35 for version 7 of .NET > Reflector upon its release in early March. Version 7 will be sold as a > perpetual license, with no time bomb or forced updates. > > As many of you know, our original intention was to maintain .NET Reflector > as a free tool. But, after two-and-a-half years of providing it without > charge, we realized that we could not make the free model work. We know that > this will cause pain for some people in the .NET community, and we apologize > for the change in policy. > > As a commercial company, we need to charge at least a nominal amount to > keep .NET Reflector up-to-date and relevant. Without revenue coming in, we > cannot dedicate a team of developers to ensure that Reflector remains a > valuable part of .NET developers' toolboxes. > > As always, your feedback is important to Red Gate, so please contribute any > thoughts on this subject to our .NET Reflector > forum.<http://www.red-gate.com/MessageBoard/viewforum.php?f=141?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorForum-20110202> > > Sincerely, > Neil Davidson > Co-CEO, Red Gate Software > > Link to more: > > - Read answers to frequently asked questions about Red Gate's .NET > Reflector > decision.<http://www.red-Gate.com/products/dotnet-development/reflector/announcement-faq?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorFAQ-20110202> > - Video interview with Simon Galbraith, Red Gate co-CEO, about the > future of .NET Reflector. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKnEjiSGZLA> > - New features in V7 of .NET > Reflector.<http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/clivet/archive/2011/02/01/99118.aspx?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=CliveBlog-20110202> > - Forum for feedback and > discussion.<http://www.red-gate.com/MessageBoard/viewforum.php?f=141?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorForum-20110202> > - Free downloads of .NET > Reflector.<http://reflector.red-gate.com/download.aspx?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorDownload-20110202> > > You have been sent this special mail from Simple Talk because you are a > current .NET Reflector newsletter subscriber. To unsubscribe from the .NET > Reflector newsletter please click > here.<http://www.simple-talk.com/newsletter/user-unsubscribe.aspx?s=250122&l=15&[email protected]&p=7315>Or > write to Simple Talk, Red Gate Software, Newnham House, Cambridge > Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, United Kingdom. > > >
