I think that this should be solved by having your code for the plugin available from escrow. I do this all the time when my apps are sold as the clients may feel the same way about applications being developed by a small software company.
But there is a few ways to get around this, 1- Software Escrow service, 2- Attorney with a power of attorney. For most apps that I have seen developed with RB, their costs do not justify either, but some apps may be sold for much more then the cost of RB pro and may or may not merit an escrow service. I will be getting Christians plugins because of the time that it will save me on deployment. Eventually, I will not have any plugins but our own. Thats just for security. -Gio Karen wrote: > On May 13, 2007, at 1:24 AM, Christian Miller wrote: > > >>> Using RB is risky enough in that sense - and I have been criticized >>> for >>> that... >>> >>> >> Criticized for using RB? What is it to them? >> >> > > > Yes ... > > One of the apps i wrote is for internal use is for an important long > term project that is critical to the company. The original version > was written in a combination of Labview and Fortran by a physicist > that is no longer with the company in 1995. > > The reason i got involved was when that that OLD PC died and we had > to move to newer machine with a newer OS version. Neither of the apps > (they talked to each other) would work then. I needed to use a newer > version of Labview and instead of buying newer version of the Fortran > complier and dealing with updates I re-wrote that part in RB.I did > not ask upfront about tools and just used RB because I was more > comfortable with it than Fortran (and I had my own copy of RB at home) > > If for example National Instruments (who makes LabView) and gone out > of business or dropped the product It would have been a HUGE problem. > That possibility made some people think using a product like RB for a > long term need this important was too risky. But since I already had > it up and running and the immediate crisis was over, it was not pressed. > > > >>> Depending on 3rd party RB plugins is even riskier. >>> >> How so? >> > > More likely to go out of business or shift emphasis. > > > >> Are you a RB Pro user of Standard user? >> >> > > Pro. Two actually. My own Mac license and a Win license at work payed > for by the company. > > BTW that would mean if i wanted to work at home i would have to buy a > plug-in for work and one for myself. > > >>> I simply don't use 3rd party plugins. >>> >> Are you opposed to 3rd party encrypted classes? >> > > Don't use those either. > > >> If so, are you >> opposed to a higher price if you are able to have access to their >> source? >> > > If it was something i absolutely could not do without I would > consider it. > > - karen > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
