@keith ok, so run the numbers On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 7:56 AM Keith Martin via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Unless someone’s hoarding gold that’s an interesting but not all that > useful pricing comparison. I prefer the Big Mac Index ( > https://www.statista.com/statistics/274326/big-mac-index-global-prices-for-a-big-mac/ > < > https://www.statista.com/statistics/274326/big-mac-index-global-prices-for-a-big-mac/>) > and regular historical inflation/value charts. ;) > > However, yes, we do get a lot from LC. > > k > > > > On 2 Sep 2021, at 09:38, Bernard Devlin via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > > Over on the forum Kevin has been encouraging people to contact support > with > > any issues. Some are refusing to do so, making ridiculous demands in > > response. > > > > Yesterday I had a look at the historical prices to see if LC was > > significantly more expensive than Metacard: > > 2001 - Metacard ($995) [$288] > > 2005 - Revolution Enterprise (£899) [£243] > > 2021 - Livecode (3x distro platforms £720) [£1316] > > > > In square brackets behind each is [the price of an ounce of gold] (if > > someone's got a better comparator, they can post it e.g. crude oil, pork > > bellies, cost of an entry level Mac, etc). > > > > So Metacard cost 3 ounces of gold, Rev Enterprise cost 3.7 oz of gold, > > today's Livecode equivalent costs 0.54 oz of gold. Even if one adds all > 7 > > of the distro platforms (3 of which certainly didn't exist in 2005), a > full > > Livecode license costs just over 1oz of gold, so between 1/3rd of the > price > > of 15 years ago (or as little as 1/6th the price of Metacard). > Objectively > > speaking, the customer today gets so much more for so much less. Apart > > from those who have been used to getting something for free. > > > > It was only this time last year I stated how amazing it was that Livecode > > manages all the complexity of producing software that runs on so many > > divergent platforms (I was navigating the version compatibilities of > Xcode, > > Android Studio, MacOS, iOS, AndroidOS, Windows OS, and Livecode), not to > > mention producing two different versions of Livecode (free and > > commercial). Something had to give. > > > > Regards, Bernard > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
