Pricing / entry cost for this tool

[Dan Shafer]

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.



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