CodeRush Eval bullsh*t

Check this out, I download the CodeRush eval version and it expires the next day.

So I email support@devexpress.com and get a load of the reply.

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Hi Matt,

Sorry, in the near future we are not going to release another trial version with extended evaluation period of our plug-ins. As a solution, you may purchase our product to continue its investigation. All our products are covered with an unconditional 60-day money back guarantee which allows you to try them risk free.

Thanks,

Max
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From: Matt Young
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:35 PM
To: support@devexpress.com
Subject: CodeRush Eval



Hey, I just listened to Mark Miller on dotnetrocks
<http://www.franklins.net/dotnetrocks/> and downloaded and installed the
CodeRush eval today.



Now the CodeRush Eval is prompting me that it will expire tomorrow. What
gives?

Matt Young
Software Developer/Technical Lead
CHAMP Software Inc.
www.champsoftware.com

Yup, I ran into the same problem... If I can not try the tool out for at least a couple of days there is no way ill drop a bill for it... So you can’t pour syrup on shit and call it a pancake… It is certainly visually appealing but I want to be able to test it a bit with a few large and real projects to verify its not shit on the inside causing me a loss of productivity in the end… If you’re ballsy enough to offer a demo of your app provide enough time for your potential sale to demo it. Be realistic understanding your average developer has little “idle” time and will get a phone call etc. after the tool install and the real heavy evaluation doesn’t occur until at least a day or more after… -sean

Unfortunately, the evaluation build of CodeRush is set to shut down after a specific date. That is, it does not have a mechanism to shut down a certain period after installation.

The expired evaluation version of CodeRush for Visual Studio .NET on website was due to several factors. Originally, we had intended to post a new version on Monday, September 13th. However, at the last moment we discovered a few "show stopper" bugs that kept us from releasing. This was complicated by the fact that we were at VS Live most of this week.

Our current plan is to release the new version early next week (Monday or Tuesday) with a brand new evaluation. We truly apologize for this inconvenience but, if you can wait until next week, you'll be able to evaluate a much-improved CodeRush with new features that we showed for the first time at VS Live.

Best Regards,
Dustin Campbell
Developer Express, Inc