Just thought I'd share this... Red-Gate are providing me with 25 licenses (enough to cover every member on our meetup group) of Reflector Pro (not the "free" version) for the Perth Silverlight Designer and Developer Network user group.
I know it doesn't change their about face on the free version thing. I gave them my view (and what I've read on here) which they thanked me for. It does show that they support developer communities. Its a shame they couldn't put the free version out there untimebomed and unsupported. Make the paid version the Pro one. thoughts? (sorry if this lights up the fire again... hey, its Friday.) On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 6:18 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. > > Sincerely, > Neil Davidson > Co-CEO, Red Gate Software > > Link to more: > > Read answers to frequently asked questions about Red Gate's .NET Reflector > decision. > Video interview with Simon Galbraith, Red Gate co-CEO, about the future of > .NET Reflector. > New features in V7 of .NET Reflector. > Forum for feedback and discussion. > 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 click here. Or write to Simple Talk, Red Gate > Software, Newnham House, Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, United > Kingdom. >
