[mono-android] [Monodroid] Pricing and Go-Live

[hdortim]

The price is simply to high for developers that do not earn money with it.
Also for students that simply just want to learn how easy it is to use 
the (well known) C# stuff on these great mobil plattforms.
I am sure that Novell is making a big mistake to earn money with 
monodroid / monotouch itself with this pricing structure

A free licence should be offered at least for the time until this 
framework is ready to compete with java/eclipse.
Sorry guys, but from what I have seen so far monodroid is 1 year away 
from earning money with *itself.
*
No GUI designer, slow debugging, slow startup on the device....

Don't understand me wrong. I like the concept to program in C# under 
Android and you are doing a great work, but please do not kill the 
framework before it has earned some reputation and found it's way to a 
reasonable amount of developers.
And yes, students and non-profit developers are important!

Think about it.*


*Am 08.03.2011 13:54, schrieb Per Cramer:
>
> People stop complaining about the prices. You knew the touch prices, 
> so it was quite obviously that this would be in the same range. And if 
> you develop prof. then this isn’t that much. I pay a lot more for my 
> msdn and devexpress licenses.
>
> And else start learning java, it isn’t that hard if you already know 
> c#. People invest a lot of time and money in developing products like 
> this and somehow there are always people that expect it to be free.. 
> Stop complaining and download the android sdk and eclipse then.
>
> *Van:*monodroid-bounces at lists.ximian.com 
> [mailto:monodroid-bounces at lists.ximian.com] *Namens *????? ???ts??????
> *Verzonden:* dinsdag 8 maart 2011 3:43
> *Aan:* monodroid at lists.ximian.com
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [mono-android] [Monodroid] Pricing and Go-Live
>
> Damn it its too expensive for me :( no way it someone wwill make free 
> apps.
> Στις 08 Μαρ 2011 1:40 π.μ., ο χρήστης "Craig Dunn" 
> <craig.dunn at conceptdevelopment.net 
> <mailto:craig.dunn at conceptdevelopment.net>> έγραψε:
> >
> > Awesome news!
> > I know someone is going to ask, so it might as well be me: are there 
> any plans for a combined Touch/Droid license?
> > Craig
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Joseph Hill <jhill at novell.com 
> <mailto:jhill at novell.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello all
> >> We're getting very close to a 1.0 release of Mono for Android.
> >>
> >> Pricing for Mono for Android will be similar to MonoTouch:
> >> Mono for Android Professional: $399
> >> Mono for Android Enterprise: $999
> >> Mono for Android Enterprise 5-Developer License: $3999
> >>
> >> The Professional License will include similar features to
> >> MonoTouch Professional, in that it will be a "named user"
> >> license that should only be used by the developer that
> >> originally activates it.  The Professional license will include
> >> rights to redistribute apps in the Android Market, Amazon
> >> Appstore, or other competing markets.  Additionally,
> >> similar to how Apple's Ad-Hoc deployment policies work,
> >> the Professional License allows direct deployment to up
> >> to 100 devices.  If you need to deploy to more devices, or
> >> you need a "floating seat" license, the Enterprise License
> >> should suit your needs.
> >>
> >> Go-Live
> >>
> >> Several users who have been using the previews have expressed
> >> interest in acquiring a go-live license in order to "go live" with
> >> their application in production or in the Android Market prior to
> >> the official launch date.
> >>
> >> If you are interested in acquiring a go-live license prior to the
> >> official launch, please contact mono-android at novell.com 
> <mailto:mono-android at novell.com> or
> >> feel free to email me directly with any questions or comments.
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >>
> >> Joseph Hill
> >> Product Manager, Mono Platform
> >>
> >>
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