Free ComponentOne Studio Ent.?? What's the catch!?

[Lost User]

Yep! Too good to be true, especially since I was about to purchase a C1 license :) Beware of C1 Report.Net though... it's filled with bugs, although it got a lot better lately. Sijin wrote: I had seen it, but wasn't convinced that it was going to be free. Too good to be true. But i just ordered the CD after reading this thread.

[Troy Marchand]

Well the catch is simply this .... We (Dundas) hope that you will enjoy working with the control so much that you will want to purchase our other editions of the Dundas Chart, and/or upgrade the Windows Forms version you received for free. Also, we hope that the quality of the free product will also give you confidence in the other .Net products we are releasing shortly. Also, to keep things quite clear about the Dundas Chart component on the CD here is the full scoop about what you get: The Edition of the chart is the 'Windows Forms Professional Special Edition'. The 'Special Edition' has all of the same abilities as the Professional Edition - there is absolutely nothing removed from the product. However it does include some minor product branding ("Powered By Dundas Chart") in the lower right hand corner of the chart. We also have other edtions of the Dundas Chart available both for Windows Forms and ASP.NET Dundas Chart Enjoy the chart :) Troy Marchand VP Product Development Dundas Software

[Troy Marchand]

Just, see my response (located somewhere above in this thread) :) Troy Marchand VP Product Development Dundas Software

[Chris Maunder]

Nishant S wrote: it seems the version that ships with it adds a banner or something on each chart that is generated! So a small 'Powered by Dundas' logo in exchange for $700 worth of Chart is too much to ask? Hmmm... :) I'm planning on using Dundas Chart myself very soon (it's already up top in the lounge) which means you will be helping me out :D I'd be interested to see your comments once you realise what an amazing piece of work it is. Ask Dave how much of a cantankerous fussy bastard I am and even *I'm* impressed by the Chart ;) cheers, Chris Maunder

[Ivor S Sargoytchev]

Yes, I agree with Colin. However there is one more advantage to providing a free product which no one has yet mentioned. It is the hit on your competition, who did not manage to get on the Microsoft CD. In fact the hit on sales that everyone is talking about is not absorbed only by you, but it is also absorbed by your competition. Their sales will drop as well, because there is a free product out there. Your drop will be compensated by the large exposure a free product creates. Theirs will not! I mean think about a company competing or aspiring to compete with ComponentOne, which is not quite there yet and hoping to sell their product by having a lower price. This cannot be good for them! Remember, before IE became part of Windows it was a free product as well. Need I say more?

[ColinDavies]

Ivor S. Sargoytchev wrote: It is the hit on your competition, who did not manage to get on the Microsoft CD. In fact the hit on sales that everyone is talking about is not absorbed only by you, but it is also absorbed by your competition. Their sales will drop as well, because there is a free product out there. Your drop will be compensated by the large exposure a free product creates. Theirs will not! Very good point ! It's almost a form of dumping I guess. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

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