Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition

Mike Kerner MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
Thu Sep 2 11:06:45 EDT 2021


I don't know how much of a difference the compiling/building makes. While
it is true that anyone who wants to "run an app" (even that's obviously
incorrect, since stacks <> apps) can just download the free version, there
is no way for that author to protect the source. Is that enough of an
incentive for someone to pay up - so they can build an app instead of
distributing an unlocked stack? I don't know. Will cutting them off from
tsNet, or building/distributing mobile/server/web matter? Again, dunno.
I am curious to know how much business any firm generates from either a
trial or from a free version - like how many people take a flier and then
decide to pay up as a result. My hunch is that more people grow from a free
version to a paid version than grow from a free trial to a paid version. I
think free trials are more like test drives.
At any rate, I'm hoping that LC can make money.

On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:52 AM Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> True, true.
>
> There could be a small group of programmers that pass a stack around but
> you would not be able to convince/teach a civilian to install a programming
> IDE and explain how to run the stack along with any other supporting files,
> SW or plug-ins... Mobile would be a non-starter. I would not dismiss this
> out-of-hand. A 90 day free IDE could also be an option.
>
> Ralph DiMola
> IT Director
> Evergreen Information Services
> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
> Behalf Of Kevin Miller via use-livecode
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2021 10:31 AM
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Cc: Kevin Miller; Michael Kristensen
> Subject: Re: Suggestion: Non-Appbuilding Community Edition
>
> Thanks for the constructive suggestion. Unfortunately with a free non-app
> building version, everyone who needs to run an app can just download that.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Kevin
>
> Kevin Miller ~ kevin at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
> LiveCode: Develop Yourself
>
> On 02/09/2021, 14:49, "use-livecode on behalf of Michael Kristensen via
> use-livecode" <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi there
>
>     I suggest that there could be a Non-Appbuilding Community Edition
>
>     That would be for personal use, and to learn coding.
>
>     Michael
>
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