[Interest] Indie Mobil Program terminated?

[Daniel França]

Qt extended indie mobile until Aug 31:
http://blog.qt.io/blog/2015/07/06/indie-mobile-available-until-aug-31st/

>> Application Development offering provides all desktop and mobile
platforms and the subscription price is  actually a lot cheaper than it was
previously ($350 vs. $399).

350 vs 399 is not  "lot cheaper" and completely not affordable for an
individual developer :(

I really hope they get a huge demand now and reconsider their decision.

Best,
Daniel

Em seg, 6 de jul de 2015 às 10:46, Nuno Santos <nunosantos at imaginando.pt>
escreveu:

> Hi,
>
> In one year I have never seen such an hot topic in this list.
>
> One year ago I have founded Imaginando. During the last year I have been
> telling everyone I know that this could only be possible with Qt.
>
> It’s not easy to convince people that they should adopt Qt for iOS and
> Android development, despite the clear advantages of having a single code
> base for two or more platforms. Now, with this price tag, it’s clearly
> impossible!
>
> If you had this price tag one year ago. All the work I have been
> developing from one year now, wouldn’t simply exist. I have developed two
> apps and a half on a single year and i’m just starting. I’m ALONE and i’m
> surviving from my SALES. I don’t plan to have investment unless I cannot
> manage to scale my sales in the next 6 months.
>
> If I wasn’t already a indie developer subscriber, right now, I would be in
> a very complicated situation.
>
> I also AGREE with many of the statements already shared in this discussion
> regarding the website. Qt website is a mess regarding licensing and pricing.
>
> There SHOULD be an item on the website clearly saying: PRICING
>
> This are clear pricing table examples. Qt pricing table is not existent
> now. The wizard is a complete mess…
>
> https://parse.com/plans
> https://www.zendesk.com/product/pricing/
> https://www.xero.com/pricing/
> http://mailchimp.com/pricing/
> http://www.shopify.com/pricing
>
> You guys have a GREAT product! You should definitely listen and support
> your small developers. They are your technology evangelists. Don’t ruin it
> with awkward pricing strategies.
>
> Once again: Qt rocks!
>
> Regards,
>
> Nuno Santos
> Founder / CEO / CTO
> www.imaginando.pt
> +351 91 621 69 62
>
> On 06 Jul 2015, at 09:07, Robert Iakobashvili <coroberti at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Tuukka,
> To sell a product, you need to have it.
>
> When you declared the license, your stock was empty
> since Qt for Android and iOS was too buggy and without many crucial
> features.
>
> It could be a separate discussion whether Qt for iOS/Android is stable
> enough
> for production today, but at least many people have started to develop
> their apps
> with a hope that future expected Qt stability and features can deliver
> stable Qt-based applications for iOS and Android.
>
> Let's say you have this product for 1 month, optimistically for 2-3 months
> (many developers to say that even today iOS/Android ports stability
> is not enough to start using it).
>
> Is it enough time to make a judgement?
>
> Qt for Desktop is the best GUI framework for today,
> and I'm confident that in 2-3 years Qt for Mobile will be as lucrative
> as for Desktop.
>
> However, this is not the case today and your product for Mobile is too
> risky,
> too limited with only enthusiast and early adapters starting to try it.
>
> Even if you restore the Indie license tomorrow, it will take
> some time to convince developers that Qt for iOS/Android is stable enough,
> it will take more time for developers to accomplish their applications
> full of work-arounds
> around Qt-issues and missed features and to start orders.
>
> Please, let your decision makers to look into this very interesting
> discussion.
>
> Consider making your Indie for Mobile less restrictive i.e.
> with higher threshold like 300 000 or 500 000.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 7:31 AM, Turunen Tuukka
> <tuukka.turunen at theqtcompany.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> Yours,
>
>                Tuukka
>
> "md at rpzdesign.com" <md at rpzdesign.com> kirjoitti 2.7.2015 kello 2.52:
>
> Could not find the indie mobile program option with 5.5 release.
>
> "The Qt Company Introduces a Unified Website and 20€/$25 Monthly Indie
> Mobile Package"
>
> Where is it?
>
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