Hi,
Seriously, we could use a couple beta testers. I've been told I
can accept 5 beta-testers. Benefits are that you can distribute
your first project for free... Interested?
*IF* I do not have to sign a non-compete, then count me in. If you
end up going the commercial route, then I will probably re-open my
efforts into making a GPL version, and I won't sign away that right.
There will not be a non-compete thing or such. The only rule is that you
don't use it commercially and that you will give us comments on what works,
what doesn't, possible differences between a site on our app (which we
dubbed 'localsite' for now) and on an actual webserver, anything else you
notice that is either odd or good, and two-way communication to solve any
issues that arise.
Small, amateur developers like me would be very unlikely to drop that
sort of cash unless the program was packed full of slick features
which made it invaluable. The competative product is Visual Basic
and I think that's $100. I tend to look for shareware products in
the $40 and less arena.
Our expected target audience is a developer/company that builds custom
applications for clients. This means they can charge the extra costs
directly to their client, and usually the project costs a whole lot more
than that.
Our company builds websites for clients (and more, but that isn't relevant
here), but if our client wants a cd-rom application, we build a website and
distribute it on cd-rom using our application to make it work in a
standalone environment. Added-value here is that there is only one
development project for cd-rom and internet, as you can use the exact same
php-pages on both. So if a company wants both cd and www, the project costs
significantly less if you only have one development route.
This means the competative product is not visual basic, at least not in this
area. If you just use it to make some windows applications, vb would
probably make a better tool...
On the other hand, we didn't really think about amateur developers (or
shareware developers or the like) who create simple applications. Since we
have a project-based background, that was our first thought. But then, our
plans to create a project-based licensing scheme would probably be no good
to a shareware developer either, they just want to buy it once and then use
it whenever possible (at least, this is what I would do).
I'll discuss it here, and we'll see what emerges :-)
Corporations would have no problem spending that sort of money, but
they also tend to hire professional programmers who would not be
daunted by the challenges of programming Windows in VC++.
But then, a VC++ (or VB) project cannot be put on a webserver, which is
where a php-application has the edge...
About the beta, I'll create a package tomorrow or early next week and mail
it to you, ok? (about 100k zipped).
Cheerio, Marc.
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