I strongly believe their single user license was responsible for a lot of their success.
One of the dynamics that has made open source such a juggernaut is a consequence of the 'give a man a little power': Those with the purse strings making strategic decisions for the company without considering the benefits of buying a piece of software.
"I won't pay for that." could be answered with "That's okay, it's free!"
Jetbrains isn't free, but the license explicitly binds the copy to your person, not your location or computer. I can have my private copy running at work and left open on my personal computer at home.
You won't pay for my IDE? That's okay, I already have a license.
Seconded. Love the fact that they don’t get petty about different machines etc.
I started using their free versions for non-commercial projects and have paid for commercial use.
It’s really worth trying JetBrains, even if you’re a vim/emacs devotee... I’d say I’m at least 10x productive in IntelliJ compared to other editors, for example, after coding Java for 20+ years. I’ve watched programmers I consider way above me in ability move so slowly compared to hopping around / refactoring / debugging in JBs.
One of the dynamics that has made open source such a juggernaut is a consequence of the 'give a man a little power': Those with the purse strings making strategic decisions for the company without considering the benefits of buying a piece of software.
"I won't pay for that." could be answered with "That's okay, it's free!"
Jetbrains isn't free, but the license explicitly binds the copy to your person, not your location or computer. I can have my private copy running at work and left open on my personal computer at home.
You won't pay for my IDE? That's okay, I already have a license.