OT?: Question for Tommorow's QnA with KB

[Kenneth Brody]

Tim Fischer wrote:
> 
> This is probably off topic (especially given Ken's statements about his
> position at this meeting today) but     I was thinking about something and I
> figured I'd throw it out here.
> 
[... give away single-user development versions ...]
> 
> Assuming that 1 out of every 10 people who download the development kit have
> a need to purchase the runtime environment, this could turn into a profit
> for FPTech.  Also, getting more developers out there isn't a bad idea.
[...]

Some people say just the opposite -- charge big bucks for the developer's
modules and give the runtimes away for free.

Besides, didn't one of the "big guys" (Oracle?) try this many years ago,
where they gave away developer versions for free, hoping to draw in lots
of people developing programs, and selling runtimes?  I seem to recall
that it bombed, and didn't get anywhere.

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