Reply To: License stops me from being able to use SIM
Oh man, this is bad news. What separated SIM from any other UML modeling tool out there was that it was both mature enough for professional use as well as free of charge, also for commercial use. Other products are not able to provide both.
Now that it's licenced, I can't use it at my work anymore. No matter how low the price tag, when you work at a company, you always have to get authorization for purchasing a license for a piece of software. And a lots of software houses (as mine) have negotiated prices for products such as IBM Rational or Visual Paradigm. So even if I would want to purchase a SIM licence, I will be forced to go with one of those heavy-weight monsters... (; I believe this is a case with lots of SIM fans.
I do, however, understand that you want to get paid for the hard work you've been doing, and I wish all the best for you and the future of SIM!
Reply To: License stops me from being able to use SIM
Oh man, this is bad news. What separated SIM from any other UML modeling tool out there was that it was both mature enough for professional use as well as free of charge, also for commercial use. Other products are not able to provide both.
Now that it's licenced, I can't use it at my work anymore. No matter how low the price tag, when you work at a company, you always have to get authorization for purchasing a license for a piece of software. And a lots of software houses (as mine) have negotiated prices for products such as IBM Rational or Visual Paradigm. So even if I would want to purchase a SIM licence, I will be forced to go with one of those heavy-weight monsters... (; I believe this is a case with lots of SIM fans.
I do, however, understand that you want to get paid for the hard work you've been doing, and I wish all the best for you and the future of SIM!
JBird 12 October 2010 15:32:28