I totally agree with you and could not have said it better.
> Am 06.01.2017 um 17:09 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > Exactly what I was thinking when I read it. My greatest aprehension in using > Livecode is that one day it will be gone, and I will have to learn to use C++ > or Objective C, which is to say I will have to give up software development. > I'm not really sure how they stay afloat as is, but as I develop strictly for > in house use for my company, and not because they want me to either, but > because I happen to know that what I have created for them vastly simplifies > and streamlines my workflow and that of my techs, all that to say that I pay > for LC development out of pocket. the $700 a year hurts. But I pay it because > I need the features Indy offers, and I also think that if I am not going to > contribute to the open source project (like I have anything to contribute) > then my paying for the Indy license once a year is my way of supporting it. > > I suppose it is how you choose to look at things. I remember getting really > excited about Filemake Standalones until I discovered I would have to pay a > distribution fee for *every single instance* of a distributed app!!! Oh yeah, > and developing for Filemaker sucks goose eggs. Also I come from a background > of Procedural Foxpro where creating a form meant "saying" text at different > window coordinates, then "getting" whatever the user typed in. There was no > program interaction during a read. No events triggered. Foxpro was in a coma. > And, it took forever to write and troubleshoot even minor changes, compared > to Livecode. > > You can write a functional utility in a matter of minutes, debug it in a few > hours, make it pretty inside of a day. Compile and distribute it no charge. > AND they offer a free edition. I'm not sure anyone has any room to complain > here. > > Bob S > > > On Jan 6, 2017, at 04:49 , Heather Laine via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com><mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>> wrote: > > "A bit like devs are being milked" seems a somewhat extraordinary statement. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
