I don't understand either, sure the integration into VS is a nice to have, but I don't give a crap, I just like it the way it is. They should just give us a nice clean one that's free, and besides most of the code I bet is probably still from Lutz Roeder anyways.
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Craig van Nieuwkerk <crai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very disappointing. I am not sure why they need 'a team of developers' to > maintain it. People would be happy i am sure with the earlier version with > less features and lower (zero) price. > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Michael Ridland <rid...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> How absolutely ridiculous, I'm very disappointing in red gate. >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Simple-Talk Special Mailing <newslet...@simple-talk.com> >> Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:31 AM >> Subject: Red Gate will be charging $35 for .NET Reflector >> To: "rid...@gmail.com" <rid...@gmail.com> >> >> >> An open letter to the .NET community >> >> Red Gate has announced that it will charge $35 for version 7 of .NET >> Reflector upon its release in early March. Version 7 will be sold as a >> perpetual license, with no time bomb or forced updates. >> >> As many of you know, our original intention was to maintain .NET Reflector >> as a free tool. But, after two-and-a-half years of providing it without >> charge, we realized that we could not make the free model work. We know that >> this will cause pain for some people in the .NET community, and we apologize >> for the change in policy. >> >> As a commercial company, we need to charge at least a nominal amount to >> keep .NET Reflector up-to-date and relevant. Without revenue coming in, we >> cannot dedicate a team of developers to ensure that Reflector remains a >> valuable part of .NET developers' toolboxes. >> >> As always, your feedback is important to Red Gate, so please contribute >> any thoughts on this subject to our .NET Reflector forum. >> >> Sincerely, >> Neil Davidson >> Co-CEO, Red Gate Software >> >> Link to more: >> >> Read answers to frequently asked questions about Red Gate's .NET Reflector >> decision. >> Video interview with Simon Galbraith, Red Gate co-CEO, about the future of >> .NET Reflector. >> New features in V7 of .NET Reflector. >> Forum for feedback and discussion. >> Free downloads of .NET Reflector. >> >> You have been sent this special mail from Simple Talk because you are a >> current .NET Reflector newsletter subscriber. To unsubscribe from the .NET >> Reflector newsletter please click here. Or write to Simple Talk, Red Gate >> Software, Newnham House, Cambridge Business Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, United >> Kingdom. > >
