It is *always* worth noting that statistics can be unintentionally misleading, take out of context, and intentionally misinterpreted.
I saw the statistic in the LiveCode 8 Launch webinar that 24% of LiveCode licenses are paid and 76% are Community (open source) licenses. My first gut reaction was "So, I and the other 24% minority of people paying for licenses are funding an awesome development tool that some 76% of you folks out there are using for free. People who only use Community and grip should be sending the 24% of us who pay thank you cards!" However, that gut reaction in no way takes into account the "gift in kind" contributions of people using only the Community license in (a) contributions to the source code; (b) time spend on submitting quality bug reports; (c) time spend on helping others with useful advice on the forums or email lists; and (d) many, many, other similar contributions of time. However, if you are getting something for free AND you are not contributing anything at all (time and/or money), stop complaining ;-) _______________________________________________ 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
