Developers like this are often involved in Enterprise-level projects as specialists and I do not believe they should have any features unavailable to them because of the licensing model. One of the reasons I like JetBrains so much as a company and invest in pretty much all their products is because they don't have multiple editions, it is confusing and IMO very bad practice to have 'lite' 'enterprise' 'developer' etc.Īlso, personal license holders are generally individual developers who take their IDEA with them wherever they go and this often brings JetBrains new business (I don't want to think of the number of sites I've been to that didn't know about IDEA and wanted it after seeing how productive I was with my personal copy). Lifetime Licenses I support wholeheartedly, but I hate the notion of different editions. Part bet, part investment, it made me wish more I recently purchased a lifetime hosting plan at TextDrive and it feltĭifferent. Lifetime ones, at (for example) 2 or 2.5 times the standard P.L. Next time you 'offer' Personal License, what about also selling license is for 'personal' version of IDEA (not Enterprise version, if Note: to avoid abuses, JetBrains could have to draw a line somewhere. You'd get direct injection of 1/ more money, from 2/ more buyers. Make a bet on JetBrains future and my need of Java, and pay 200-250% for I've already purchased 3 personal license in a row, and I'd be ready to No more 'Do I buy it now', or do I wait 3 months till the next EAP, and What, nobody catches on this idea? I see it as a real win-win, for

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