[Interest] Indie Mobil Program terminated?
Pau Garcia i Quiles
pgquiles at elpauer.org
Sun Jul 5 14:13:29 CEST 2015
On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 6:31 AM, Turunen Tuukka <
tuukka.turunen at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
> We have decided to discontinue that product. Those who have it, can
> continue just as before. New subscriptions are no longer sold.
>
> There was unfortunately too little interest towards this product.
>
> We have a new Qt for Application Development product that contains all
> leading desktop and mobile platforms under commercial license, silver
> support, as well as all value-add tooling and functionality.
>
>
The venerable (and competitor) LiveCode also faced the very same situation
recently and also gave up on the 25 USD/month indy license:
http://livecode.com/products/livecode-platform/pricing/livecode-indy-pricing-announcement/
Here is how they solved unsustainability issue:
- Announcement: They announced the price change 4 weeks in advance.
- New price: The new price is 49 USD/month or 499 USD/year. It was
(still is) 25 USD/month or 299 USD/year. That's an 80% increase.
- Non-customers: can still buy at the old price (25 USD/month, 299
USD/year), or benefit from an offer (499 USD/two years) until the new price
is in effect.
- Current customers: can still buy at the old price (25 USD/month, 299
USD/year), or benefit from an offer (499 USD/two years) until the new price
is in effect.
- Supported platforms: same 6 as with the old price: iOS, Android,
Windows, Linux, Mac, Server (HTML5)
- Alternative licenses: plenty, including a community license (GPLv3)
- iOS App Store with open source license: clear statement by
RunRevolution (LiveCode developers): GPLv3 in App Store is not possible.
Here is how Digia solved the unsustainability issue:
- Announcement: no announcement
- New price: the new price is 350 USD/month. It was 25 USD/month. That's
a 1400% increase.
- Non-customers: must buy at the new (expensive) price
- Current customers: keep the old price and license features
- Supported platforms: widens range: from iOS and Android only to iOS,
Android, Windows, Linux and Mac
- Alternative licenses: open source (unclear status as to iOS App Store)
and enterprise (even more expensive).
- iOS App Store with open source license: no clear statement. Only
ambiguous fear-inducing statements by Digia.
IMHO, terminating the Indie Mobile and Professional licenses will damage
Qt's future both in mobile and desktop. Xamarin is a strong contender, as
are PhoneGap and Unity. Other players, such as FireMonkey (Delphi/C++) and
LiveCode are not to be ignored either. If I were to start a new app or
application for iOS + Android, or Windows + Mac, I would seriously consider
other options before Qt :-(
--
Pau Garcia i Quiles
http://www.elpauer.org
(Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
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