Sure is Lonely Around Here!

[Robert Brenstein]

I just got an email from RunRev that my current licence will expire next 
year and if I want to continue using LiveCode (Classic), I need to get a 
new license. The upgrade offer is apparently half of the regular fee for 
the new licence, which sounds generous, but it will double my expense. I 
have been using this LiveCode since MetaCard days, but I have been 
making apps only for myself past few years and I can’t justify the 
increase. So, I am going to look at alternative solutions. With AI 
coders around, the number of options increased beyond xTalks.

Robert

On 4 Jul 2026, at 19:19, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:

> Your experience parallels mine. Over the last year I've been exporting 
> data for a few customers so they could import into other platforms. 
> None of them could pay the monthly fee to continue with their current 
> custom stacks. One client used Claude to write a custom web app and 
> import his data. I was impressed, I watched him do it over a zoom 
> call.
>
> Like you, my life has changed and I'm technically retired. I do miss 
> the old days though. We were an amazing and vibrant community.