Borland. I can't swear they still do it to this day, but in recent years, they were doing Learning Editions that had lots of function, but you couldn't legally sell apps built with it. But, seeing how much dialog this generated, I really I wish I never started the thread. :) Peace! :)
Dan Shafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Frank..... Can you give us an example or two of where this pricing is common among development tools? I see feature-crippled and time-limited evaluation licensing all the time, but I can't honestly think of a single development tool that has a free learning edition that you upgrade to so you can deploy apps. Also, with an environment like Rev, the distinction between "deploy as a standalone" and "deploy as a stack" is badly blurred by the fact that: (a) anyone with a RunRev tool (and in your scenario that would include anyone who wanted to download it) can run any stack anyone else creates, at least conceptually; and (b) there are at least two free players available that would allow the owner of a 0-cost "learning edition" to distribute (and presumably therefore sell) products that run in either the IDE or the players without paying a dime for the tool. That is a good way to sink the tool company. On Nov 26, 2005, at 2:35 AM, Frank R wrote: > This type of Learning Edition pricing is actually common - and well > received. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan Shafer, Information Product Consultant and Author http://www.shafermedia.com Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought" >From http://www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution