but I have to defend Microsoft. I really do use their products daily, and I’m a developer.
So I need access to development tools, and they cost me around 1300 \u20ac \/ year. And that is a very reasonable price for what they provide. I understand the prices for IDES to some extent, but I feel some are really far too expensive.
Examples Delphi: https:\/\/www.software-express.de\/hersteller\/embarcadero\/delphi\/
Instantiations VASmalltalk https:\/\/www.instantiations.com\/vast-platform\/pricing\/
The prices for Windev are decent, but the support is so bad, that I consider dropping it:
https:\/\/windev.com\/pcsoft\/order-online.php
Even if it works quite nicely Lispworks is expensive too: (you do not have a large library base you can use for it): https:\/\/www.lispworks.com\/buy\/prices-1c.html
So I really spend a lot of money on development tools but to be honest, the best price\/quality is delivered from Microsoft.
Yeah, I guess you can get something cheaper on Linux, but I can’t really tell how it compares to the MS Ecosystem. Maybe Java is a really mighty contender, but I can’t tell.
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