It even prompted me to write my first blog entry <http://www.enigmativity.com/blog/2011/02/03/Red+Gate+Will+Be+Charging+35+Fo r+NET+Reflector.aspx> in nearly two and a half years about it!
http://www.enigmativity.com/blog/2011/02/03/Red+Gate+Will+Be+Charging+35+For +NET+Reflector.aspx From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Ridland Sent: Thursday, 3 February 2011 08:49 To: ozDotNet Subject: Fwd: Red Gate will be charging $35 for .NET Reflector 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 <http://www.red-gate.com/MessageBoard/viewforum.php?f=141?utm_source=simplet alk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorForum-20110202> .NET Reflector forum. Sincerely, Neil Davidson Co-CEO, Red Gate Software Link to more: * <http://www.red-Gate.com/products/dotnet-development/reflector/announcement- faq?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=Reflec torFAQ-20110202> Read answers to frequently asked questions about Red Gate's .NET Reflector decision. * <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKnEjiSGZLA> Video interview with Simon Galbraith, Red Gate co-CEO, about the future 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=Clive Blog-20110202> New features in V7 of .NET Reflector. * <http://www.red-gate.com/MessageBoard/viewforum.php?f=141?utm_source=simplet alk&utm_medium=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorForum-20110202> Forum for feedback and discussion. * <http://reflector.red-gate.com/download.aspx?utm_source=simpletalk&utm_mediu m=email-specialmailing&utm_content=ReflectorDownload-20110202> Free downloads of .NET Reflector. 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 <http://www.simple-talk.com/newsletter/user-unsubscribe.aspx?s=250122&l=15&e [email protected]&p=7315> click here. Or write to Simple Talk, Red Gate Software, Newnham House, Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, United Kingdom.
