Over on the Forum I've seen several of the whiners criticising the lifetime licenses - people who have paid a tiny fraction of what we've paid (if they've paid anything at all)! I suspect their baseless criticisms have cost more than any of the whiners have paid in license fees. If I ran the Forum the baseless whiners would be told to "stop whining or leave". I know of dozens of people banned from social media for things far less offensive than are said about LC Ltd on their own forum.
I rarely delete emails and just went back through mine. I'd been a license payer for more than a decade before I got a lifetime offer. But I couldn't afford it until I got the offer again, some 5 years later. Even then the lifetime license cost me more than I'd paid in the previous 18 years combined, so I had to think hard about it (not sure if I will be around in 18 years). And though there were some years of future license banked in my LC account, I didn't quibble and say "can I have a discount for the years I've already paid in advance". I think if I had done that LC Ltd would have taken that into account, because that's how they roll. But to me it felt mean-spirited to ask for a discount. Which is why I think LC Ltd have been very magnanimous to those who say they can't afford a license. My self-respect wouldn't let me be one of those people. I have no expectation of LC Ltd listening to Dan's suggestion, as the one thing that stands out from watching Kevin for 20 years is that he does his utmost to be honourable. If the majority of those free-loaders had any honour, we wouldn't be having any of this discussion. I hoped that the open source initiative would have seen positive contributions, but that didn't happen. I'll come back in a year and see if they've even managed to compile the existing code. Regards, Bernard On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 5:16 PM Rick Harrison via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > So you want the company to break more promises, even to the lifetimers? > > A lot of the lifetimers have spent a lot of money on licenses before > deciding to invest in lifetime licenses. I don’t think you want to be > ticking off what is probably the company's most loyal base. > It’s a recipe for disaster! > > Just my 2 cents for the day. > > Rick > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode