Any time I release a program that is going to take too much bandwidth or time, I release it as shareware. It is just to compensate for my time and bandwidth. I, like everyone else, am busy with a family (3 small children and wife), a day job, and working on finishing my MBA. Working on Widget Maker took development time from my other programs, which I do make money off. I am sure that if you spent enough time at something you also would like to be compensated for it. I will put some thought into the price as a result of your comments. For all my my programs you can try them before you buy them (and I would rather that people do try before buying).
NetBeans was developed by Sun to support a technology of theirs, I am no where near as big as Sun. Open Source is good, but does not seem to happen for small scale projects like this.
Widget Maker is meant to make the process of making widgets easier. Also please remember that it is still version 1.
One problem I have had with Widget Maker is getting feedback. The thing that I fear is people want to play with widgets, but don't really use them. I know that was one of the reasons that I made widget maker is to allow people to make more use of what they have. For those that just want to play, the trial period is enough for them.
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Marty,Any time I release a program that is going to take too much bandwidth or time, I release it as shareware. It is just to compensate for my time and bandwidth. I, like everyone else, am busy with a family (3 small children and wife), a day job, and working on finishing my MBA. Working on Widget Maker took development time from my other programs, which I do make money off. I am sure that if you spent enough time at something you also would like to be compensated for it. I will put some thought into the price as a result of your comments. For all my my programs you can try them before you buy them (and I would rather that people do try before buying).
NetBeans was developed by Sun to support a technology of theirs, I am no where near as big as Sun. Open Source is good, but does not seem to happen for small scale projects like this.
Widget Maker is meant to make the process of making widgets easier. Also please remember that it is still version 1.
One problem I have had with Widget Maker is getting feedback. The thing that I fear is people want to play with widgets, but don't really use them. I know that was one of the reasons that I made widget maker is to allow people to make more use of what they have. For those that just want to play, the trial period is enough for them.
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Thursday, August 11 2005 @ 05:51 PM PDT