Realbasic v5.5 SE for free

srod · Post by **srod** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:57 pm

I recently sold my copy of Realbasic 5.5 standard edition on ebay!

Reckon the guy who bought it is probably chewing his way through the CD right now!

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 3:53 pm

PB wrote:> Sure you can download it, but you won't have a legal license for
> distrubuting your own applications

Actually, that's not true. As LarsG said, the REALbasic offer page clearly states
that the free version is for Visual Basic users, not licensees. And the License.txt
that comes with the free offer states nothing about having to own a license to
VB to distribute apps made with RB. It's all in the wording, and they've failed
to look after their own interests. Legally, they've made a massive boo-boo.

Nah, I don't think it was a mistake. They are giving away 5.5 so people will buy the soon-to-be-released 6.0. It's a brilliant marketing strategy as I've seen links to this download on 15 or 20 other programming related newsgroups. They'll make a ton from giving away this (now older) version for free.

I've tried it and can't say I'm all together impressed, but it is neat to cross-compile for OSX.

the.weavster · Post by **the.weavster** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:19 pm

Have you downloaded the 2005 demo version?
It's superb!!!

Their "brilliant marketing strategy" worked on me.

Weave