Valid enough. Unfortunate either way..
From what I understood though, it is too expensive to “opensource” or maintain thirdparty applications within SI. How much would it really cost to maintain them? Would the low sales really come out as a deficit in the long term? I don’t suggest leaving SI as opensource nor free - just keep selling it longer. Sell seats. But yes, I agree with you Jean-Louis… Valid enough. From: Jean-Louis Billard Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 13:01 To: [email protected] Hi Andres, Unfortunately Chris already explained that, and it makes sense: AD have to pay for third parties libraries. It’s not worth it for them given the small revenue stream. I think we’re collectively tripping if we think we are going to get AD to revoke their decision. What we need to do now (for those, like me, who want to stay with Soft) is to make sure we keep using it to create great work, generate enough demand for third parties to invest time in developing for it, and just keep having fun using a great piece of software for the years to come until a credible solution comes along and gives us the opportunity to move on in a graceful way. Regards, Jean-Louis Jean-Louis Billard Digital Golem BE: +32 (0) 484 263 563 UK: +44 (0) 7973 660 119 [email protected] http://www.digitalgolem.com/ 53 Rue Gustave Huberti 1030 Brussels On 25 Mar 2014, at 18:51, Andres Stephens <[email protected]> wrote: Why are you refusing a sale to studios who want to invest years into a product you already have, coded and no-longer need to develop much?
