I bought Protean IDE. I'm very happy with it. It's extremely useful and becoming more so all of the time. Rob has dedicated a lot of time and effort into creating a very well thought out product.
As with all software, the potential user is suppose to read the system requirements before using it. If the product doesn't suite your machine, then don't install it. If the product doesn't suite your budget, don't buy it.
I can't fault Protean IDE for having system resource requirements. What's 30 megs on a 40 gig hard drive? 3/4 of a percent? That's not too much of a sacrifice for a useful tool that I enjoy using.
And another point of contention is with charging for your time and expertese. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with this. If the programmer charges too much, then not enough sales will occur, and the project will fail. If the programmer charges too little, the tool becomes undervalued by users. Not enough sales will occur. And the project will most likely fail.
Look at Mark Sibly with Blitz, he made a grand point of letting people know that he wasn't getting any revenues from Blitz3d sales at idigicon. Now most users on this forum don't like Idigicon. Was it really anything more to the user than trying to support the developer? Not really.
Does anyone really think that Mark doesn't deserve the asking price for Blitz3d? Why is Mark getting money for his time and expertise any different than Rob H getting money for his time and expertise? Or any other programmer trying to sell their products? It's the same principle. It's a double standard to say one man's work deserves payment while another man's work doesn't.
Ok.. I think I'm done ranting now.
Thanks for reading.
As with all software, the potential user is suppose to read the system requirements before using it. If the product doesn't suite your machine, then don't install it. If the product doesn't suite your budget, don't buy it.
I can't fault Protean IDE for having system resource requirements. What's 30 megs on a 40 gig hard drive? 3/4 of a percent? That's not too much of a sacrifice for a useful tool that I enjoy using.
And another point of contention is with charging for your time and expertese. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with this. If the programmer charges too much, then not enough sales will occur, and the project will fail. If the programmer charges too little, the tool becomes undervalued by users. Not enough sales will occur. And the project will most likely fail.
Look at Mark Sibly with Blitz, he made a grand point of letting people know that he wasn't getting any revenues from Blitz3d sales at idigicon. Now most users on this forum don't like Idigicon. Was it really anything more to the user than trying to support the developer? Not really.
Does anyone really think that Mark doesn't deserve the asking price for Blitz3d? Why is Mark getting money for his time and expertise any different than Rob H getting money for his time and expertise? Or any other programmer trying to sell their products? It's the same principle. It's a double standard to say one man's work deserves payment while another man's work doesn't.
Ok.. I think I'm done ranting now.
Thanks for reading.