Comments on: Red Gate should have said… http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/ Git, .NET and more Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Joe Reynolds http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-63 Joe Reynolds Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:19:39 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-63 I just shared this with my Technical Editing class, and they all appreciated this example of re-writing something to sound more positive and upbeat. Thanks! I just shared this with my Technical Editing class, and they all appreciated this example of re-writing something to sound more positive and upbeat.

Thanks!

]]> By: JH http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-62 JH Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:33:03 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-62 I just wonder what Lutz is thinking about all this? I just wonder what Lutz is thinking about all this?

]]> By: Siderite http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-61 Siderite Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:54:45 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-61 Cracking is an option, because it punishes Red Gate. You might think it's just an angry fist in the air, but it is not. It shows how much people really want that software and that RedGate are going too far on choosing the pricing. Creating a free solution sounds really cool, but then someone must do something to make it easily available. Lutz was great for that, but most open source projects suck when you need to install them. Cracking is an option, because it punishes Red Gate. You might think it’s just an angry fist in the air, but it is not. It shows how much people really want that software and that RedGate are going too far on choosing the pricing.

Creating a free solution sounds really cool, but then someone must do something to make it easily available. Lutz was great for that, but most open source projects suck when you need to install them.

]]> By: Frank Quednau http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-60 Frank Quednau Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:47:52 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-60 Siderite, cracking is not an option, as it devotes precious developer time to the feeble attempt to avoid such cracking, thereby minimizing the time available to add value to the product for those that bought it. There is a better option. If you want a free tool, make an OSS project. Fortunately it seems it's already being kicked off: https://github.com/jcdickinson/Monoflector Siderite, cracking is not an option, as it devotes precious developer time to the feeble attempt to avoid such cracking, thereby minimizing the time available to add value to the product for those that bought it.

There is a better option. If you want a free tool, make an OSS project. Fortunately it seems it’s already being kicked off: https://github.com/jcdickinson/Monoflector

]]> By: Simone Chiaretta http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-59 Simone Chiaretta Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:40:37 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-59 Agree.... there is nothing wrong with charging for a premium version. The really bad thing is that the old version will self-destroy 3..2..1... boom Agree….
there is nothing wrong with charging for a premium version.
The really bad thing is that the old version will self-destroy
3..2..1…

boom

]]> By: Stimul8d http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-58 Stimul8d Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:04:02 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-58 So come on then,..who's up for the challenge of the rewrite so we can have this tool for free again? So come on then,..who’s up for the challenge of the rewrite so we can have this tool for free again?

]]> By: Liam McLennan http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-57 Liam McLennan Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:57:45 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-57 Right on. Right on.

]]> By: Siderite http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-56 Siderite Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:01:00 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-56 To continue is the same with to not stop. They are breaking an agrement that was not only with the users (who, let's face it, had no choice to begin with), but possibly with Lutz. Maybe he wouldn't have sold it if he knew they were going to muck it up. And even if not unexpected, it is still a betrayal of trust. I guess I will have to use a cracked version of Reflector, crack it myself and even distribute it cracked only because they lied to me. To continue is the same with to not stop. They are breaking an agrement that was not only with the users (who, let’s face it, had no choice to begin with), but possibly with Lutz. Maybe he wouldn’t have sold it if he knew they were going to muck it up. And even if not unexpected, it is still a betrayal of trust. I guess I will have to use a cracked version of Reflector, crack it myself and even distribute it cracked only because they lied to me.

]]> By: Bill Sorensen http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-55 Bill Sorensen Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:05:02 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-55 Oh, it WOULD have gone over better - I would happily have paid $35 for upgrades if the existing version were free. The time bomb is the killer. But that isn't what they said, or did. Oh, it WOULD have gone over better – I would happily have paid $35 for upgrades if the existing version were free. The time bomb is the killer.

But that isn’t what they said, or did.

]]> By: Phillip http://lostechies.com/keithdahlby/2011/02/04/red-gate-should-have-said/#comment-54 Phillip Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:47:57 +0000 /blogs/dahlbyk/archive/2011/02/03/red-gate-should-have-said.aspx#comment-54 They should give it to the community. They should give it to the community.

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