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VS Community limits are way different. Seems like there's no limit for individuals, and the limits for "corporations" begin in $1M on annual revenue. An even
by tecleandor 3y ago
VS Community limits are way different.
Seems like there's no limit for individuals, and the limits for "corporations" begin in $1M on annual revenue.
An even when hitting those "corporation limits" you can still use it if it's for " (i) open source; (ii) Visual Studio extensions; (iii) device drivers for the Windows operating system; (iv) SQL Server development; and, (v) education purposes as permitted above."
edit: VS Community Terms: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/license-terms/vs2022-ga-community/ https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/license-terms/vs2022-ga-c...
- pjmlp 3y agoStill, I find the license quite alright for what is ultimely a commercial product, https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/faq https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/starter/faq Even JetBrains isn't that into charity with their products, see recent RustRover announcement.
- mihular 3y agoRider is commercial only as well and not expensive at all. I guess MS compensates from other services (Azure) when you build an app with free VS against them.
- pasc1878 3y agoOr the usual MS gain that they have been using for the last 40 years. Most VS written programs run on MS operating system and/or Office so they get there money from sellinmg these.