Actually, I look at Reflector as a tool that helped advance the cause of dot net. Anyone who was interested had a chance to delve deeply into the framework to get a true understanding of how the technology worked. It was effectively an Open System.
Once you put a price on it, the system becomes closed. There are people who may have had an interest, that may have produced something really fantastic with the knowledge they gained, that will no longer produce that because they aren't interested in paying a fee for something they don't know anything about, and aren't familiar with the benefits of using Reflector. The fee for use may well be valid, however I believe this argument also stands. I hope Lutz Roder got the money he deserved and wasn't short-changed by being paid as though the product was going to be free forever. T. On Fri, Feb 4th, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Mark Hurd <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4 February 2011 14:16, Michael Minutillo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> just pretend you're paying for 35 crappy iphone apps :p > > The number is not the point. They could be charging 35c and the > reaction > > would (probably) be the same. > > The sequence of events looks like this > > * Product is free > > * Product is "sold" to Company who promise to keep providing a free > version > > * Company starts releasing new versions. Old versions out on the web go > away > > * Company introduces "time-bomb" feature to "keep people up to date" > Not True: Lutz had this in his versions too. > > * Now that the only free versions are time bombed, Company (for > whatever > > reason) decides the free version will cost money > > I have a resharper licence. I have a linqpad licence. I don't mind > paying > > for useful software. I am reluctant to start paying for software that I > > have, up until now, used for free. Especially as there are not new > features > > that I am interested in paying for. "Not free anymore" is not a > feature. > > I agree with your sentiment however. > > -- > Regards, > Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) > > >
