| The explanation is not $$, The right word is "Resources". The project got bigger: -we support 6 different SSMS versions already - each version has own part of Source Code -add-in is packed with variety of features that we continue to add -we have more and more support questions or just questions from our users, that need to be answered. To process all of this you need time = Resources. I am sure that many of SSMSBoost users would NOT like to see this project fading or dying because of lack of our attention. (There are many abandoned projects on the web, that were good some days..) So, to assure continuous development and evolution we decided to appeal to our Pro users. Change of licensing is targeted to motivate Professionals to pay for the tool, they are using daily. If you look out for other tools (or toolkits with comparable functions), you will see, that our price considerably lower. We hope that price of 2 dinners should be reasonable for the tool that you use on daily basis for your work. Some people even write, that they cannot live without SSMBoost and I understand them, because this concerns me too: working in plain SSMS is like using notepad, instead of Notepad++ :) Enthusiasts can still use free edition, as far as it has still many useful functions, and even after every release full functionality is unlocked for next 30 days. We also offer free licenses for MVPs and active contributors: those who communicate with us and provide extensive feedback or help us complicated bugs. If someone thinks his abilities can help us in exchange for free license - you are welcome to contact us via support@. P.S. To keep forum threads focused on their main subject, I will delete a couple comments about licensing from non-relevant threads. If there is something to discuss about licensing model - we can do this in this topic. |
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