I'm kind of used to high costs as a mobile tech consultant as all the tools are expensive, a new mac every few years, and a pc, Android/iOS testing devices, there's always something.
*Michael Ridland | Technical Director | Xamarin MVP* XAM Consulting - Mobile Technology Specialists www.xam-consulting.com Blog: www.michaelridland.com On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 9:05 PM, Michael Ridland <[email protected]> wrote: > > They got alot of pressure about this already and introduced the indie > pricing & monthly subscription. Not sure they will change this anytime soon > but I think the professional pricing tier sounds like a good idea. The team > are very accommodating if you email them, I'm sure they will extend the > trial. > > > > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Stephen Price <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> If you are an Indie developer then its much cheaper, but you can't use it >> in Visual Studio. What are they saying, that Indie developers don't use >> Visual Studio? There needs to be something in between Indie and Enterprise. >> I'm certainly not an Enterprise and I'm not an Indie. I'm a >> professional/contractor who works on Enterprise projects. (If we're >> resorting to name calling). >> >> I suspect Xamarin won't be reading these. I'm sure people have made noise >> but they ... just had an idea. I have a Xamarin contact I can forward this >> thread to. It might help. If you don't ask, you don't get. Anyone have any >> objections? These emails all end up on the public archives anyway so I >> imagine it can't hurt. :) >> >> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> License is about to expire and its expensive as hell. More expensive >>>> than my Microsoft msdn subscription and look what that gives you. >>>> >>> >>> Ooh, do you mean the Xamarin licence? I just discovered that there is a >>> 20% discount for MSDN subscribers, which brings the business price down to >>> $800/year. I personally think this is still a hell of a lot, especially >>> when I'm in the position that I've only been asked to create a >>> proof-of-concept that our Silverlight app can be replicated on an iPad. I >>> emailed Xamarin to ask if my (never used) trial period can be reset, but >>> that only gives me 30 days of panic to learn, configure and create the >>> demo. I hope that someone from Xamarin reads this hint that the price is >>> *really >>> *steep, unless you know you can recoup the cost somehow. I think the >>> pricing structure is overbalanced to deflect low-frequency users from >>> considering its use. >>> >>> *GK* >>> >> >> >
