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[Karl Becker]

I agree with Ken, nicely said.

My own story:
I was offered a free copy of MetaCard around 1998 after my game  
(apparently) impressed the MetaCard folks enough that they (Andre and  
Scott, I believe) offered me the dev environment for free in exchange  
for me porting my game to the platform.

It was a great deal for all, since I got exactly what I wanted (a  
free dev environment?  Woohoo!) when I had relatively little money.   
After I made a little more money from my software and web site design  
(the latter especially) I was happy to pay for the upgrades - I've  
upgraded twice, I think, and plan to upgrade soon again as soon as I  
get more time to develop.

Revolution/MetaCard is just so easy for anybody to create some nice  
software, I'm sure it will catch on on a bigger scale eventually.  Of  
course, I've been thinking that about card-based dev environments  
since 1996.

My MetaCard efforts are helping my college expenses - not paying for  
them by any means, but definitely helping.  I am glad to give back to  
the company that upkeeps such a great program.  I just hope it  
doesn't die like HyperCard - that was very painful to watch.  And  
under the current eye, I don't see any indications - though when will  
the next major engine upgrade occur?  And will it do anything to  
squash bugs thoroughly?

Cheers,
Karl



On Jun 3, 2005, at 5:17 PM, Thomas McCarthy wrote:

>
> Just my two-bits.
>
> I'm a high school teacher (i.e. 'not rich'). I paid for MetaCard  
> with my own personal money (I can't even claim it as a tax right- 
> off). In fact I've paid for MetaCard/Revolution numerous times.
>
> Bitter? Not! There are some free software tools out there. Maybe  
> one day I'll have enough time to invest in learning them. Until  
> that glorious day comes, I'll be using Rev. Probably even after  
> that glorious day comes, I'll still be using Rev. (and paying for  
> the privilege)
>
> I belong to a Latin teachers email list, and every once in a while  
> I'll whip something up for teachers there. Somethimes I hear, "You  
> can do THAT?" And I chuckle to myself and think, "Sure I can do  
> that. You could, too, if you spent a couple of days with Rev."
>
> Just wanted you to know. I'm not making wads of cash from my Rev  
> efforts. I'm not independently wealthy. I pay for my license  
> because it's a great tool with great support and the folks that  
> make it available to us --from the programmers to the sales  
> people-- they need our support, too. I'm not an anti-piracy  
> fanatic, but I would definitely be up in arms--emailing,  
> calling...-- if I saw Rev licenses being "shared".
>
> Here's a simple truth: Good things are worth paying money for.
> tom mccarthy --still not bitter, indeed, happy happy happy!
>
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