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Yeah, I totally agree. I only use Lisp as a hobby so I stick to the free implementations, but if I made money with it I definitely wouldn't mind paying for Lis
by jlarocco 4y ago
Yeah, I totally agree.
I only use Lisp as a hobby so I stick to the free implementations, but if I made money with it I definitely wouldn't mind paying for LispWorks or Allegro.
An $8k license fee really isn't that much for enterprise software.
- Jach 4y agoHaha, if only it was $8k one-and-done, but if you're using it for more than just the IDE but also delivering binaries with it, hope you like paying runtime license fees depending on how your application is used: https://franz.com/products/licensing/commercial.lhtml https://franz.com/products/licensing/commercial.lhtml Yes, there are times this makes sense to pay anyway (it's still not uncommon for game engines for example), but it's a lot to ask for outside of those times especially given the competition.
- lispm 4y agoAlso processor licenses, library costs for devs, etc. I recently stumbled over a Java domain specific development system (for insurance), where the dev seat did cost 100k euros. Franz and LispWorks has different licensing models for companies. Franz is going the route of per usage/value and LispWorks has no extra cost for delivery (without the dev environment). These licensing models are specific for tools in small niches. You'll see similar models for example for commercial Smalltalk systems.