cob666 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2015 Traditionally, when a much used application is retired and no longer available for purchase the company may either provide a fully functional unlocked version or open source the code base. I'd love to hear other user's thoughts on this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cob666 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2015 I wanted to add that I'm a LONG time user of TMG and due to an abnormally long lull in my research I only found out quite recently that a new version was available and that Bob (Wholly Genes) was going to End of Life TMG. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Reigel 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2015 "Traditionally"? Could you offer some examples of companies that have followed this "tradition"? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cob666 0 Report post Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) Microsoft Money Adobe Photoshop CS2 Blender Also, Microsoft has announced that they are open sourcing the .Net Core libraries Perhaps I should have used the phrase 'On Occasion' instead of traditionally but this practice is more common with smaller companies. Edited January 15, 2015 by cob666 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites