Hello,
I used to use Beyond Compare where I used to work and loved it. In my current endeavors I find myself needing it again, came to the site to download the demo, and noticed that 3.0 is about to be released.
To my delight I noticed that a Linux version is in the works. Very excellent! However, I was quite disappointed to see that a separate license is required for the Linux version vs the Windows version.
If the licensing scheme of 2.0 holds up for version 3 -- the fact that I, as an individual, can use the software on my home PC, work PC, laptop, etc., I find it a unfair that I would have to buy two licenses because I use two different desktop operating systems.
I totally understand having the "Standard" and "Professional" edition licenses and what that means, but I do not understand why those who live in a multi-OS world are required to pay twice for the same piece of software, just on a different platform.
I am an open source junkie, so it is rare that I want to shell out money to buy a tool when there are plenty of quality tools out there freely available. But as I said before, I used it at a prior place of employment and found it to be a top notch tool -- worthy of the cost. Be that as it may, I would rather go without the tool if it comes that I would have to pay for it twice just so I can run it on Windows and Linux.
Would it be possible to re-evaluate the terms of the cross-platform part of the license before releasing 3.0? I think other Linux/Windows users will fall in the same boat if they have to choose a platform...
Thanks for your help.
I used to use Beyond Compare where I used to work and loved it. In my current endeavors I find myself needing it again, came to the site to download the demo, and noticed that 3.0 is about to be released.
To my delight I noticed that a Linux version is in the works. Very excellent! However, I was quite disappointed to see that a separate license is required for the Linux version vs the Windows version.
If the licensing scheme of 2.0 holds up for version 3 -- the fact that I, as an individual, can use the software on my home PC, work PC, laptop, etc., I find it a unfair that I would have to buy two licenses because I use two different desktop operating systems.
I totally understand having the "Standard" and "Professional" edition licenses and what that means, but I do not understand why those who live in a multi-OS world are required to pay twice for the same piece of software, just on a different platform.
I am an open source junkie, so it is rare that I want to shell out money to buy a tool when there are plenty of quality tools out there freely available. But as I said before, I used it at a prior place of employment and found it to be a top notch tool -- worthy of the cost. Be that as it may, I would rather go without the tool if it comes that I would have to pay for it twice just so I can run it on Windows and Linux.
Would it be possible to re-evaluate the terms of the cross-platform part of the license before releasing 3.0? I think other Linux/Windows users will fall in the same boat if they have to choose a platform...
Thanks for your help.
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