On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Whether or not it stands is irrelevant. There is no god-given Right of Reflector. If you want free software, then don't complain, *be* what you want; *write* free software, and see how it progresses. Maybe complaining here will have some result and RedGate will have a change of heart. Great, you've saved $35. But for the love of cat-eating robots, this is about the least important thing to have ever happened in the history of the world. > 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. -- Noon Silk http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ (Noon Silk) | http://www.mirios.com.au:8081 > Fancy a quantum lunch? http://www.mirios.com.au:8081/index.php?title=Quantum_Lunch "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy of being this signature."
