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Hi,
There really isn't anything there that's a promise that Reflector was going to be free forever.
yes there was. It was an unconditional and unequivocal declaration that they "will continue to offer the tool for free to the community". http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/the-future-of-reflector-/ No if's or but's. No "we will try to" or anything like that.
That IS a promise.
I can understand why Lutz used the expiration mechanism (easier support). Even if it was annoying the tool was free. It isn't a bomb if it does no harm.
For redgate it is a way to extort money. You should make a last release of version 6 without a time bomb and hope to rescue what is left of your reputation.
The smart time would have been close to the release of a new framework version. Any one who needs to analyse something compiled with that would have returned from the free version and paid money voluntarily. Now you are seen as the bad guys and rightly so.
Hope you change your mind. / comments
Hi,
There really isn't anything there that's a promise that Reflector was going to be free forever.
yes there was. It was an unconditional and unequivocal declaration that they "will continue to...
Hello Greg,
first let me express how disappointed I am that redgate breaks the promise. (Yes, it was a promise - I looked up the definition of the word in the Oxford dictionary and reread your statements of 2008! Please don't waste our time by trying to deny that.)
Our company has strict security policies and we developers have no adminstrative priviliges on our machines. Everything has to be approved and installed by our domain admins. So we use virtual machines a lot, especially for evaluation of new software. And they are reverted to the original state or thrown away and rebuild frequently.
I think I can convince my manager to approve a licence for every developer. But only if it is not too expensive (35$ for every developer is too much for a mid sized team) and installing is easy. If there is an annoying licence activation hassle then you are out.
BTW: Choosing an obfuscating solution is planned for May. Guess what direction smartassembly went in my provisional ranking today. My managers are very concerned about vendor lock and bad vendor reputation.
Regards
PS: Did I mention how disappointed I am? / comments
Hello Greg,
first let me express how disappointed I am that redgate breaks the promise. (Yes, it was a promise - I looked up the definition of the word in the Oxford dictionary and reread your stat...