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JetBrains Doomsday Sale - 75% off for 24 hours only

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Re: JetBrains Doomsday Sale - 75% off for 24 hours only

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Post by jiggy2011 »

epaga wrote: post #188

All their server issues must mean they are dealing with unprecedented demand. It makes me wonder: When demand is THIS intense for a 75% off sale, you think it'd mean a more optimal "normal" price point would be at 25-50% off your current normal prices, wouldn't you?

I doubt it, it's the same with anything when there is a sale.

For example, Steam sales. When I see a game that is interesting I will think "cool, but I should finish all of the games I'm currently playing first". If I have 24 hours hours to get it at half price it feels like I am actually saving money in the long run even if I don't play it straight away.

Whether it was worth the initial price or not is almost irrelevant. I imagine if they set their prices to 25% permanently there would still be high demand if they did a further 25% sale.

Re: JetBrains Doomsday Sale - 75% off for 24 hours only

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Post by manojlds »

epaga wrote: post #188

All their server issues must mean they are dealing with unprecedented demand. It makes me wonder: When demand is THIS intense for a 75% off sale, you think it'd mean a more optimal "normal" price point would be at 25-50% off your current normal prices, wouldn't you?

Bulk of their customers must be enterprises. I have licenses for many of their products and our team uses TeamCity enterprise. I have never considered buying personal licenses. Now I am.

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Post by thisone »

dnesteruk wrote: post #237
gprasanth wrote: post #182

We're thrilled that you've come all the way here to buy our products! Thank you! However, we did not expect the load on our servers would be this high. We are working hard right now to fix the problem. Please be patient and come back in a couple of hours. There's still time... -The JetBrains Team Oh alright.

Yep, sorry about that guys and gals, we're working on getting this fixed ASAP.

I was just able to check out. So things are coming back up!

Re: JetBrains Doomsday Sale - 75% off for 24 hours only

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Post by tseabrooks »

gorohoroh wrote: post #203
mritun wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I trust you that it's just bad planning, been waiting for hours with my CC in hand.

Current estimate to restore service: 2-3 hours.

I have finally checked out! I've purchases IntelliJ! 3 hours in the making!

Re: JetBrains Doomsday Sale - 75% off for 24 hours only

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Post by jiggy2011 »

epaga wrote: post #217
kevingadd wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I expect some of the demand is due to the fact that JetBrains releases new major versions of their products 2 or more times a year (ReSharper for example), and conveniently bundle important bug fixes into those versions instead of fixing the bugs in previous releases. So anyone who's - for example - still using ReSharper 6 will probably leap at this opportunity to finally get fixes for critical bugs in the product. N…

"More reasonable" points exactly to what I'm talking about. If the demand for this offer is so intense their servers melt down for hours on end it seems this is pointing to a huge opportunity the rest of the year to reach all those who think 4x the current sales price (whether for the full version or the update) is "unreasonable". One data point would be myself: as a single developer, spending 100€ on AppCode never f…

It seems odd to consider 100€ unreasonable for an IDE if you are doing professional development unless it offers you no advantages whatsoever.

Re: JetBrains Doomsday Sale - 75% off for 24 hours only

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Post by detst »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #231
detst wrote: post #222

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> but cannot reclaim expenses for it How is that a valid condition (legally)? If you bought a programming book on your Kindle, Amazon would have no legal ground to prohibit your company from reimbursing you.

There's no legal grounds for prohibiting reimbursing you, but there's lots of grounds for revoking your license if you violate the terms of the license. It's actually a valid scenario. Suppose you want to evaluate IDEA for your company but need more than 30 days. You could buy the personal edition and use it. After your evaluation is done, the company reimburses you. If you liked it, presumably your company bought a…

I understand that it would circumvent their price discrimination strategy but that doesn't mean they can put whatever they want in there. I don't begrudge them extracting as much value out of the market as they can but I just don't understand the basis for revoking a license in this case. As long as the other terms and conditions are met, and if the license were revoked, would their be legal recourse for the license holder (I know this is getting ridiculous but I'm wondering)? I would think it would be found a valid use of the license, but IANAL.

BTW, I have no interest in doing this; I'm just curious.

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