SharpDevelop - wow

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# Damian said on January 12, 2004 10:28 PM:

You don't need to open source code you write using SharpDevelop. You only need to open source if you include their code (like their text edit control) in your products.

# Ed Kaim said on January 13, 2004 12:22 AM:

Sure, your open sourced products may be free, but you can always make it up in volume.

# Frans Bouma said on January 13, 2004 04:33 AM:

On a p3-933 I found SharpDevelop pretty slow and the intellisense is not working for types you write your own (at least that's what I had in my testing).

Nevertheless it's a great tool for people who don't have the money to buy vs.net or C#builder.

Open Source is often written as a side-project, or a home-project. In other words: not a lot of money is put into it, so you don't have to earn money back :)

Giving away OSS btw can also be a marketing tool: draw attention to your applications with a freebee.

# R said on January 13, 2004 05:35 AM:

Donations and contributions for features sound viable.

# Shannon J Hager said on January 13, 2004 03:28 PM:

Not sure what you mean by "all the money", but everyone I know who makes money by working with Open Source software makes it exactly the same way I do working with MS software. Not by writing and selling a piece of software over and over but by writing and implimenting custom solutions for clients. I don't sell any software to my clients, they already have it 95% of the time unless there is a specific component needed. My open source friends get paid by the hour or project, just like me.