Pic 18f Usb

[Darrel Taylor]

Would you also be shocked to find out that 10 million people got it for free ...
But now you have to pay for it? (cuz it turned out to be good)
<br>

[T.Jackson]

Nope. People are in business to make money, not friends.

[Darrel Taylor]

Yes, but businesses are also responsible for their decisions.
Once you make them, you can't just go, Oh I didn't mean that.

And, as far as the law goes ... once you put something in the Public Domain,
It's there to stay.

No court in the world would convict you for passing on the previously downloaded EasyHID.

I should mention, that I think it would be OK to do this if there were major improvements that warranted additional costs. But it's still the same program. No upgrades, no new features. Just, you don't get it, lest you pay now.

.

[T.Jackson]

Can't say that I particularly like or even agree with their method. You'll probably find that they had plans to sell it right from the time of its conception. By initially offering it for free -- it attracts a larger audience, some people find a "niche" for it in their toolbox, some may even become entirely dependent on it. For most people it's a "gotcha" -- they now must simply pay for it in order to continue using it. The vendor would make a tonne more money doing this than initially trying to sell it. Mainly because most people don't fall in love with a piece of software until they've come to grips with it. Even a $30 purchase for many people is enough to make them procrastinate about;

1. Will I learn this easily enough?
2. Will I ever really use this thing?
3. Does it really work a good as they say?
4. Will it do exactly what I want it to?
5. Maybe I can find something cheaper?

When something is for free, none of those things enter our minds -- instead we just give it ago because we have nothing to lose. So all told, they'll reap in a tonne of cash from basically all dependent users. That's life ...

Feel free to disagree with my marketing theory

[Darrel Taylor]

Marketing Schmarketing.

You put software on the internet for free.
You allow all kinds of people to create programs that actually make that software useable.
Those people have invested MANY hours in developing your free product. (about 100 or so from me).
Once that product becomes popular, you go, ... Hey there's a lot of people that want this. I shouldn't be giving it away.

Hogwash!

Maybe it's time for DT_HID, or even TJ_HID.
<br>

[T.Jackson]

I certainly hope that they do the right thing by their contributors.

Another example of this sort of thing is MAME - (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) Initially back in 97 they swore on a stack of Bibles that it would never ever be for profit. Today it can be found on eBay living inside a rather large game box supporting over 1,000 games. Besides the fact that they've breached over a decade's worth of copyright -- where's the contributors share?

[mackrackit]

Maybe it's time for DT_HID, or even TJ_HID.
<br>

If you are going to start something like this, a cross platform version would be nice. Java?

I am not very good with Java yet, but I would help where I can.

[T.Jackson]

Java actually has all the protocols for USB. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/li...ary/j-usb.html