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

[Kannan Ramaswamy]

Thank you Wally, will be interesting to see new samples highlighting these
efforts.

Regards

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:04 PM, hdortim <hdortim at gmx.net> wrote:

>  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.
>
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> *Van:* monodroid-bounces at lists.ximian.com [
> mailto:monodroid-bounces at lists.ximian.com<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
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> 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> 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> 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 or
> >> feel free to email me directly with any questions or comments.
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >>
> >> Joseph Hill
> >> Product Manager, Mono Platform
> >>
> >>
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