Selling CST Based Apps
Dave Cope wonders how much it would cost to build and sell a Cincom Smalltalk based application, since our pricing isn't public:
From my point of view, I prefer to develop cross platform apps. Dolphin is Windows only at the moment. Dolphin is an affordable Smalltalk. Price is, I admit, a sticking point with Cincom’s Smalltalk.,,the price is simply not available in the open, and I suspect it will be expensive for a one person developer who wishes to sell applications.
That's a natural conclusion to come to, but it's not really the case in that circumstance. Cincom as a corporate entity doesn't make prices public (for any product), and I have no real ability to change that policy. However, I can tell you to point your browser here, where I've detailed the basic VAR program. The terms listed there are the "no one negotiated anything" terms (meaning - you can always negotiate with Cincom sales).
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Not too bad at UK rates.
[Dave Cope] July 9, 2007 13:33:41.355
I wasn't aware of that link, so thanks for the heads up. At the current UK exchage rates, for a single developer the price is not too bad. At least one has a minimum break even point in terms of sales to make sure the product pays for itself.
I was viewing one development enviroment (Runtime Revolution) which costs a minimum of £266 UK, added to that the "extras" SSL, Oracle etc plus version upgrade costs. There are no distribution royatlies though.