One fundamental problem in the 3rd party market is that developers are selling their plugin at commodity level pricing. In essence they are trying to compete on price when they basically have no pressure to do so. The RB market is maturing as time goes on and I think there needs to be an adjustment in the management of expectations. This commodity level pricing is ingraining it into the RB community to expect cheap prices from all 3rd party developers. I see this expectation manifest as the developer of the FTC. People have written to me asking why I charge so much for the FTC and have given me much lower price points at which they would buy it. I have chosen the price point for the FTC because it represents a fair price for the value you get. If the FTC is what you need, then buy it because the FTC is not a commodity, but a unique value that can't be easily replicated.
The MBS and Einhugur plugins are way under valued for what you get and are part of the problem of mismanaging the expectations of the RB community. I am not saying they should go out and gouge their customers, but charge a fair price that will make them more stable as a developer which is what some people in this thread want before they use plugins. For those of you that stubbornly refuse to use 3rd party plugins no matter what, you need to make a balanced judgement based on true risk assessment. When we look at the 3rd party developers, we have to look at their history since that is the best predictor of their future behavior. Also consider that choosing to not use a 3rd party solution is the most expensive route to go. If you have deep pockets, then go for it and develop duplicate functionality on your own. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
