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Greg.Tillman wrote:
PS Stewart
Thank you so much for taking the time to post. We really do appreciate the care you’ve taken to lay out the facts and the passion you and all the other people in this forum display for Reflector. We hope that we have made a decision in the long term interests of tool and I really hope that you will remain a user for years to come.
Greg:
Please - in all earnestness, I ask you to answer this one question: In exactly what ways does RedGate believe leaving the timebomb active in v6 supports the long term interests of Reflector?
I'd like to repeat this question.
And now I'd simply like to point out that RedGate is completely ignoring this fair question.
Personally, I take this continued avoidance to mean that you folks are simply blowing smoke up our arses and don't really give a flying eff you see kay what we think.
Good thing is, doesn't matter. Alternatives are quickly maturing and we won't have any significant loss of ability dumping RedGate entirely. / comments
qstarin wrote:
qstarin wrote:
qstarin wrote:
Greg.Tillman wrote:
PS Stewart
Thank you so much for taking the time to post. We really do appreciate the care you’ve taken to lay out th...
qstarin wrote:
qstarin wrote:
Greg.Tillman wrote:
PS Stewart
Thank you so much for taking the time to post. We really do appreciate the care you’ve taken to lay out the facts and the passion you and all the other people in this forum display for Reflector. We hope that we have made a decision in the long term interests of tool and I really hope that you will remain a user for years to come.
Greg:
Please - in all earnestness, I ask you to answer this one question: In exactly what ways does RedGate believe leaving the timebomb active in v6 supports the long term interests of Reflector?
I'd like to repeat this question.
And now I'd simply like to point out that RedGate is completely ignoring this fair question. / comments
qstarin wrote:
qstarin wrote:
Greg.Tillman wrote:
PS Stewart
Thank you so much for taking the time to post. We really do appreciate the care you’ve taken to lay out the facts and the pa...
qstarin wrote:
Greg.Tillman wrote:
PS Stewart
Thank you so much for taking the time to post. We really do appreciate the care you’ve taken to lay out the facts and the passion you and all the other people in this forum display for Reflector. We hope that we have made a decision in the long term interests of tool and I really hope that you will remain a user for years to come.
Greg:
Please - in all earnestness, I ask you to answer this one question: In exactly what ways does RedGate believe leaving the timebomb active in v6 supports the long term interests of Reflector?
I'd like to repeat this question. / comments
qstarin wrote:
Greg.Tillman wrote:
PS Stewart
Thank you so much for taking the time to post. We really do appreciate the care you’ve taken to lay out the facts and the passion you and all ...
Greg.Tillman wrote:
PS Stewart
Thank you so much for taking the time to post. We really do appreciate the care you’ve taken to lay out the facts and the passion you and all the other people in this forum display for Reflector. We hope that we have made a decision in the long term interests of tool and I really hope that you will remain a user for years to come.
Greg:
Please - in all earnestness, I ask you to answer this one question:
In exactly what ways does RedGate believe leaving the timebomb active in v6 supports the long term interests of Reflector? / comments
Greg.Tillman wrote:
PS Stewart
Thank you so much for taking the time to post. We really do appreciate the care you’ve taken to lay out the facts and the passion you and all the other people i...
RichardD wrote:
PStewart wrote:
1. Prior to releasing version 7 Disable the Timebomb Feature allowing that last version of the Free Reflector to be perpetual.
+1000 for that!
Unfortunately, given what I've seen so far, the only response you're likely to get to that point is, "v7 will have a perpetual licence..."
I hope someone from RedGate manages to understand this before it's too late:
* We don't care if v7 has a perpetual licence;
* We don't care if v7 removes the time-bomb;
* We don't care if Lutz added the time-bomb before 2008 yadda-yadda-blah-blah;
* We just want to continue using v6 for as long as it meets our needs.
The evolution of .NET will eventually make v6 obsolete, and the new features in v7 look quite promising, but don't kill off v6 just to make money!
+1000 for this. / comments
RichardD wrote:
PStewart wrote:
1. Prior to releasing version 7 Disable the Timebomb Feature allowing that last version of the Free Reflector to be perpetual.
+1000 for that!
Unfortunately,...
Greg.Tillman wrote:
We have also been discussing how add-ins will fit into the future of Reflector with all of the authors. The sad thing is that less than 10% of current Reflector users even know add-ins exist. The current codeplex page feels a little unloved and there are some really great tools in there amongst the moribund stuff.
I've always, since day 1, felt add-ins were not as discoverable to Reflector users as they could be.
That is one way Red Gate could add value to users, by making knowledge of and about the available plug-ins easier to come across. Maybe even so far as to automate installation of add-ins from a package repository a la NuGet. / comments
Greg.Tillman wrote:
We have also been discussing how add-ins will fit into the future of Reflector with all of the authors. The sad thing is that less than 10% of current Reflector users even kn...
soundbender wrote:
If you're looking for someone or something to blame, it's the monetary system itself, not Redgate.
We most certainly can blame them for expiring the version we all currently have.
Deciding to charge for the product and deciding to kill every existing installation of the product released prior to their decision to charge are two very different things.
soundbender wrote:
1 lone developer could afford to offer Reflector for free for many years, yet a highly capable and prosperous company can not afford to after only 2 short years? Knowing this, one could easily conclude that greed is the driving motivator here, not survival.
Not just "offer". Lutz created Reflector.
He didn't just support it. He created it, from nothing. One of the most awesome tools there is for .Net, and not exactly a simple one at that.
Look at what has been done with Reflector since RedGate has had it. Not a whole hell of a lot. Nothing even remotely approaching the work that had to have gone into creating it.
Greed indeed. / comments
soundbender wrote:
If you're looking for someone or something to blame, it's the monetary system itself, not Redgate.
We most certainly can blame them for expiring the version we all currently...
Mike Gale wrote:
Having said that if a free version, goes dead on you and forces you to pay, then we seem to be in the land of criminal behaviour.
I'm not convinced that this is the case, and I've checked the online help (no chm) and can't find anything on that, but I'm hoping that won't happen.
You must have missed the part where RedGate said that is exactly what they are going to do. / comments
Mike Gale wrote:
Having said that if a free version, goes dead on you and forces you to pay, then we seem to be in the land of criminal behaviour.
I'm not convinced that this is the case, and I'...
Suggestion: Retraction
It should be obvious to RedGate that their reputation is already irreparably damaged.
Every minute that passes, hate for RedGate is propagating across the entire developer universe.
Their competito...
Greg.Tillman wrote:
Perpetual licensing means that the version of Reflector you purchase is yours to keep forever. You will also get any minor upgrades for free. For example if you purchase version 7.0 for $35 you will get version 7.1,7.2,7.3.... for free but not version 8.0.
In case you folks didn't notice. This is the norm.
If I pay for a version of software, I own the right to use it. Indefinitely. Period.
Similarly, if I am given a version of software, I expect I was given the right to use it. Indefinitely. Period.
Now you want to take it back? I can recall some choice derogatory terms from my childhood used to describe such behavior. / comments
Greg.Tillman wrote:
Perpetual licensing means that the version of Reflector you purchase is yours to keep forever. You will also get any minor upgrades for free. For example if you purchase vers...