LOGIN | REGISTER NOW | SUBSCRIBE
 
print Printable version 
Most Read Latest News Blog Resources
Mono brings .NET to Android
At Microsoft MIX, Mono will unveil the ability to port .NET applications to the Android op...

Does Windows cost Microsoft opportunities?
Microsoft's decision to focus .NET on Windows is stifling innovation due to the specter of...

OSBC focus turns to best practices for open-source adoption
Businesses are no longer asking why they should adopt, but how do they use open source leg...

Digg!  Digg
Reddit  Reddit
Slashdot  Slashdot
Share on facebook  Facebook
Share on Twitter  Twitter

CodeGear changes sales model with new 3rdRail


By Robert Mullins
March 5, 2008 — 
SANTA CLARA — CodeGear is offering a new license model with the latest version of its 3rdRail toolkit, bundling a year’s worth of free updates with the software. The company announced the new scheme at the SD West conference and expo here on Monday.

CodeGear is including the free 12-month updates to the 3rdRail IDE, for building software using Ruby on Rails, to keep customers in the loop as the toolkit, inevitably, changes frequently, said David Intersimone, vice president of developer relations at the Scotts Valley, Calif.-based unit of Borland Software.

“The Rails framework that we support is evolving pretty rapidly, so we wanted to make sure we could keep people up to date on that,” Intersimone said. “We prefer to get things that people need out to them quickly and not have to build features and sit on them for a year until we get enough for a major release.”

The 3rdRail toolkit becomes available next week for US$399, which includes a perpetual license and free updates, bug fixes and other support. The update subscription can be renewed annually, “like a magazine,” he noted. Other CodeGear toolkits, such as Blackfish SQL, C++ Builder and Delphi for PHP, will continue to be sold under the previous model, in which the license and a year of support called Software Assurance are sold separately. CodeGear will decide whether to expand the 3rdRail bundling policy to its other products after assessing customer reaction.

The creation of dynamic web applications, such as those made using 3rdRail, is generally not expected to take years, so CodeGear felt that bundling its license and support made the most sense, added Joe McGlynn, director of product management. “Sometimes they are [short-term projects] and so getting updates out in a timely fashion” is important, he added.

CodeGear is also adding a Ruby debugger to this newest version of 3rdRail, an example of a product change it wants to share with users immediately rather than waiting perhaps 12-18 months for a new release, said Intersimone.

The company funded the development of the Ruby debugger but is simultaneously releasing its code to the Eclipse.org community as a dynamic language toolkit.


Share this link: http://www.sdtimes.com/link/31798
 

Add comment


Name*
Email*  
Country     


  • Comment
  • Preview
Loading



 
 
 
 
News on Monday
more>>
SharePoint Tech Report
more>>


   

 
 
Download Current Issue
ISSUE 3/15/2010 PDF

Need Back Issues?
DOWNLOAD HERE

Receive the print Edition?


 
blogs tab
Google Code turns 5
Google Code Turns 5, and adds a Paxos Algorithm to make the system more stable and reliable.
03/17/2010 11:16 AM EST

Test your Visual Studio 2010 know-how
Microsoft is offering free beta certification exams for Visual Studio 2010.
03/17/2010 11:08 AM EST

Microsoft lifts the hood on IE9
Microsoft is previewing IE9.
03/16/2010 01:10 PM EST

 

Events calendar tab
EclipseCon
3/22/2010 to 3/25/2010
Santa Clara, Calif.
The Eclipse Foundation

DevConnections
4/12/2010 to 4/14/2010
Las Vegas
Penton Media

MySQL Conf. and Expo
4/12/2010 to 4/15/2010
Santa Clara, Calif.
O'Reilly Media

High Performance Computing Linux Financial Markets
4/19/2010
New York City
Flagg Management

Informix User Conf.
4/25/2010 to 4/28/2010
Overland Park, Kans.
IIUG