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I have little sympathy for that kind of argument, imagine a carpenter complaining that they have to buy wood and nails. Besides, a Qt license for small business

I have little sympathy for that kind of argument, imagine a carpenter complaining that they have to buy wood and nails. Besides, a Qt license for small businesses is nowhere near thousands of dollars. Only in software development do we expect quality tools to be given to us free of charge with no strings attached.

daemin 2y ago
Qt for Application Development Professional (ADP) is 3460 €/Year. If you're making something which you sell for $50 or so you'd need 100 sales per year to just pay for the development environment. That also assumes that it took you less than a year to make said product.
- Lariscus 2y ago
  'Qt for Application Development Enterprise - Small Business (ADE-SB)' is $499.
  - daemin 2y ago
    You're right. I didn't see the Small Business tab when I was quickly looking through it. Still ends up being a blocker when you're not sure how many copies of the product you'll sell.
    - Lariscus 2y ago
      I guess that is just one of the many risks you have to take if your trying to build a business. A couple of hundred dollars in licensing fees are not going to sink your product. For a side project that you don't expect to make any money it might be too much, but in that case you could just as well open source the project.
      - pantulis 2y ago
        > but in that case you could just as well open source the project. Which doesn't necessarily mean you cannot get paid for it.
      - CSSer 2y ago
        It's also worth considering that the value of this license is very likely not a net loss even if your initial product doesn't work out.
hsn915 2y ago
Your take is very weird. He's shopping around. When something is out of his budget it's natural to not buy.
dvngnt_ 2y ago
wood makes sense to pay for. wood doesn't grow on trees. software works a bit differently though it should also be paid for

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I have little sympathy for that kind of argument, imagine a carpenter complaining that they have to buy wood and nails. Besides, a Qt license for small business

by Lariscus 2y ago

daemin 2y ago
Qt for Application Development Professional (ADP) is 3460 €/Year. If you're making something which you sell for $50 or so you'd need 100 sales per year to just pay for the development environment. That also assumes that it took you less than a year to make said product.
- Lariscus 2y ago
  'Qt for Application Development Enterprise - Small Business (ADE-SB)' is $499.
  - daemin 2y ago
    You're right. I didn't see the Small Business tab when I was quickly looking through it. Still ends up being a blocker when you're not sure how many copies of the product you'll sell.
    - Lariscus 2y ago
      I guess that is just one of the many risks you have to take if your trying to build a business. A couple of hundred dollars in licensing fees are not going to sink your product. For a side project that you don't expect to make any money it might be too much, but in that case you could just as well open source the project.
      - pantulis 2y ago
        > but in that case you could just as well open source the project. Which doesn't necessarily mean you cannot get paid for it.
      - CSSer 2y ago
        It's also worth considering that the value of this license is very likely not a net loss even if your initial product doesn't work out.
hsn915 2y ago
Your take is very weird. He's shopping around. When something is out of his budget it's natural to not buy.
dvngnt_ 2y ago
wood makes sense to pay for. wood doesn't grow on trees. software works a bit differently though it should also be paid for