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get paid twice by the same person for the same work!
It's not the same work. It's new work. If reflector never changed a line of code and then asked you to upgrade, you would be correct. But as you can see from release notes, it changes a lot and continuously fields requests for new enhancements and fixes. / comments
get paid twice by the same person for the same work!
It's not the same work. It's new work. If reflector never changed a line of code and then asked you to upgrade, you would be correct. Bu...
Reflector is the greatest tool in any developers arsenal hands down. Red Gate makes a # of other products that are great as well, but since it's inception, this tool has saved me more hours, headaches, and taught me an insane amount of coding techniques than I can even count.
That said, how many of you are professional software developers? Don't you expect to get paid? Plus, in order to code .NET for the most part you need Visual Studio and an array of other tools that come at a *much* higher cost than reflector. My MSDN subscription is a couple grand a year. My telerik subscription comes in around 600 (early renewal!). I don't blink an eye paying that. Even buying Visual Studio on it's own will set you back ~700 for pro. Sure you can use the express versions as well, but doesn't work well for the size applications I work on.
Yes, Lutz had it free for the past 5+ years. RedGate has for the past several years as well. For that, Thank you.
I think a lot of people could say the same. But if I compare the # of years I've used reflector, the amount of cash I've pulled in and put that against the new cost, that's a few bucks a year and they keep improving it. I could not be the developer I am today without this tool. So $100 bux, you've got it. It has paid for itself over and over again. (No, I don't need that many features, but I have respect for my fellow engineers. I've made good money, and now I'm sharing it. )
BTW, do you really think Lutz would have kept supporting it for free for perpetuity? Probably not, he's gotta eat too... / comments
Reflector is the greatest tool in any developers arsenal hands down. Red Gate makes a # of other products that are great as well, but since it's inception, this tool has saved me more hours, heada...