Robert W. McKitrick Jr. wrote: > > I just wanted to express my disappointment at the license change. I, > personally, like XXE for editing xml documents but I am not in the position > to > convince the North Carolina DOT to invest in it. Changing your license > means I can't use it at all.
> They won't let me buy a license in their name and > they have been unwilling to buy one for me. That's the real problem: your employers don't want to buy you a tool which would increase your productivity. > I believe you changed your > license to increase revenue but in my case it will simply prevent me from > using XXE and I think that is really too bad. I personally think you have a > product that should be considered revolutionary as far as XML editors go. > I am surprised there has not been an open source product similar to this and > maybe it will in time. I've never personally tested these editors. I just know they exist. Vex -- http://vex.sourceforge.net/ Etna -- http://rhaptos.org/downloads/editing/etna/ (created by the developers of Nvu -- http://www.nvu.com/) > I was really hoping you would move more towards the > open source business model and not further away from it. With many more > configurations written to edit documents like WSDL, software configuration > files (like for Hibernate), and an open document editor like you have for > DocBook I would think every developer in the world would want XXE in their > toolbox. Anyway, I really wish you would reconsider your license for the > small user base in a large institutional organization like the one I am in. > They > are not likely to change. We'll be glad to offer you (I mean: you personally, not your employers) XMLmind XML Editor Professional Edition. If you are interested, please fill this order form (I need to info to record you in our customer database) http://www.xmlmind.com/store/order.php , forget about the price of course, and sent it to me (mailto:hussein at xmlmind.com). Once I receive the info, I'll record you in our customer database and you'll receive a serial number and download instructions by email.
