It's not really answering your question, but what about this; https://www.infoworld.com/article/3131551/microsofts-corert-turns-c-into-cross-platform-c.html
Mike On Thu, Oct 1, 2020, 07:37 Greg Low <[email protected]> wrote: > My guess is that for $15700 upfront payment, you’d get a pretty reasonable > obfuscator written for you at present. > > > > Regards, > > > > Greg > > > > Dr Greg Low > > > > 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 > fax > > SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com > <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sqldownunder.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csspahelp%40microsoft.com%7C1f0ea4d6b97e4d897f3708d666d1e890%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636809449091516274&sdata=SLHeEGAMmWUY5YIwcC4oAPYr%2F9RIZdi4MNASsdzwX2I%3D&reserved=0> > |http://greglow.me > <https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgreglow.me%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csspahelp%40microsoft.com%7C1f0ea4d6b97e4d897f3708d666d1e890%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636809449091526278&sdata=IU8tnAITCjBxWafi3A9XpO9lF3PIwZJ8ad3t36lnxvs%3D&reserved=0> > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Thursday, 1 October 2020 7:54 AM > *To:* ozDotNet <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: Dotfuscating > > > > Folk, FYI - I finally got a quote from the people who make Dotfuscator > Pro, after 3 days of inefficient emails back-and-forth between different > people. I suggested that they put a quote generator on their website to > save time. > > > > A "starter" licence for 2 people and 2 apps on 1 build machine is ... > (wait for it) ... AU$5700 / year. For AU$15700 upfront payment you get a > full 3 year licence discount. > > > > I actually laughed aloud when I read the quote. And this is the "starter" > level. I replied and said "Are you kidding? We've purchased huge > cross-platform suites of components and libraries that are much less than > that". And finally, in indignation I said "For that much money I could > write my own MSBuild Task to analyse the call graph and write > obfuscated IL". I doubt if it will come to that though, as our first > release is still months away and I should be able to find an alternative by > then (fingers crossed!). > > > > I accept that the Pro version has lots of fancy features that are of no > interest to us (we just want IL scrambling), but this is the most expensive > product I've ever seen that just has one primary purpose. > > > > *Greg K* >
