Hussein, we are a small company too and I understand perfectly your situation (we're in the middle of developing a software system and are aware of the constraints).
I hope that in time you'll be able to polish your excellent products even further. As for the possible scenario you describe, it may be worthy... but I'd rather use that time to implement the if-not-useful-then-not-installable scenario. On 7/13/07, Hussein Shafie <hussein at xmlmind.com> wrote: > Fabi?n Mandelbaum wrote: > > On 7/13/07, Hussein Shafie <hussein at xmlmind.com> wrote: > >> Fabi?n Mandelbaum wrote: > >> > Even if I cannot read German, if I remember correctly the FO processor > >> > plugins (all of them) cannot be installed on the Personal Edition of > >> > XXE, only on XXE Pro. > >> > >> All add-ons, without exception, may be installed in XXE Personal > >> Edition. However attempting to *use* certain types of add-ons, such as > >> an XSL-FO processor add-on, in XXE Personal Edition will simply fail > >> (totally harmless, easy-to-understand error message). > >> > >> > > > > Oups. Sorry for the "wrong" answer. Which leads me to a question: > > > > If I have XXE Perso and I want to install PP plugin, but I won't be > > able to use PP plugin with XXE Perso, should I be able to install PP > > plugin? (and waste bandwidth and disk space - which may not be a big > > problem because plugins are usually 'small' - and *precious* time > > trying to figure out why PP doesn't work). > > > > By design, I shouldn't be able to install 'useless' plugins. > > You are right of course. The problem is that being a small company, we > simply don't have the resources to give our products the level of > polishing you describe. > > For us, suffice for a feature to be useful, usable and reliable in order > to be released. > > If, a few months after the initial release, we find that a feature > generates a lot of support, then it becomes time for us to polish it a > little bit. > > The add-on manager does not generate a lot of support. (We are mainly > worried by the fact that corporate users seem not to be able to > authenticate with their proxy servers when they attempt to download and > install add-ons.) > > > > --- > PS: Possible scenario: the user downloads and installs an add-on which > will refuse to work in Personal Edition. She/he gets an evaluation key > using this form http://www.xmlmind.com:8080/eval_key/generate_key and > thus, immediately transforms her/his Personal Edition to an Evaluation > Edition. Doing this, at least, allows this user to evaluate the > installed add-on. > > -- Fabi?n Mandelbaum IS Engineer
