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It's free for personal use and very inexpensive for commercial use. Comments like yours baffle me. I don't understand how either hobbyists or professionals are
by gizmo 10y ago
It's free for personal use and very inexpensive for commercial use. Comments like yours baffle me. I don't understand how either hobbyists or professionals are hurt by the current pricing. There is no lock-in or anything like that, you still have the option to go back to the command line interface. No harm done.
- syntheticnature 10y agoThere's a bit of this going on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_effect_(psychology) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_effect_(psychology) -- this is presented as an effective loss. That stated, if someone was in the position where for work they can download any free tools they need, but ones needing paid licenses require hoops to be jumped through, I can see that being an issue.
- rout39574 10y agoSo, I work in a University environment, where software purchase of all sorts is tightly budget constrained. The difference between "free" and "gotta ask my Director for a budget line" is huge, especially for what is essentially a promotional acquisition. I was advocating it as a free window for the VC-unwashed into this strange and fabulous thing called 'Git'. When it became no-longer-free, I felt that my advocacy had been transmuted into shilling. My claim was turned into an untruth. I'm content to be judged oversensitive, and I wouldn't have brought it up, but I was happy to whine when the story came by. :)