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interesting, as i can't really name any tool i'd buy. Anything what i think is needed is available for free.
by VladRussian2 13y ago
interesting, as i can't really name any tool i'd buy. Anything what i think is needed is available for free.
- sbt 13y agoIntel compiler/tools perhaps. But generally speaking, as a developer I am mostly interested in buying support contracts on OSS.
- herge 13y agoGithub? Google apps?
- beagle3 13y agoI find that's generally true on Linux, my preferred dev platform of choice - but I did pay for BoundsChecker/Purify for windows (valgrind is comparable) visual c++ 6 and visual assist (nothing is as nice is free. Not even vs 2012 which is not free) I also grudgingly pay for one copy of ms office for compatibility reasons. But generally, for functionality - I agree.
- csmuk 13y agoSpot on. I have managed so far to get other people to pay for the tooling so far :-)
- wil421 13y agoVMware so I can do testing in Windows with IE. Virtual box just isnt cutting it.
- hippich 13y agoJust curious, why VB is not enough for testing IE?
- wil421 13y agoI guess when I bought it I needed to access certain Microsoft products for school. So initially I guess it wasn't just for IE. Ive never liked clunky apps VB has always been clunky compared to VMware Fusion or Parallels. I'll pay for speed.
- hippich 13y agoif it was a while ago, try VB today. It is quite speedy now.
- lttlrck 13y agoI have had zero problems with Virtual Box on Fedora running Office under Windows 7, plus SublimeText and SourceTreeApp (a .NET hog) when I've needed to ensure cross-platform operation for a few in-house tools.
- angersock 13y agoBalsamiq for mockups, Sublime Text for webdev, Visual Assist for C/C++ on Visual Studio, PVS for SCA, 3DS/Maya for modeling, Photoshop for graphics, Office for business shit... They're worth paying for for a reason.