December 11, 2015
Not only the price for CodeSite Studio and Konopka Controls for RAD Studio have now a much better price, but you can also get them free with a 10 Seattle purchase.
Among several changes and sales initiatives happening at Embarcadero during this month, there are two worth underlining and both related with the components the company acquired this year from Raize software, Konopka Signature VCL Controls and CodeSite Studio. I probably don't need to spend too much time extolling the virtues of this set of high-quality controls, with superb integrated designers, and of the complete version of CodeSite, many of you use in the feature-limited version that ships with the IDE.
What I want to point out in this blog post is that Embarcadero decided to permanently change the pricing structure of both add-ons, with a first year fee now already including 1 year of updates, a lower yearly renewal, and a simplified upgrade pricing. The savings are quite substantial, so if you were considering the tools and decided not to buy because of the price, it is worth reconsidering and checking the new offer on your local Embarcadero online store or with your local reseller.
The second initiative related with these add-ons is for anyone looking forward to buy a license of Delphi, C++Builder or RAD Studio 10 Seattle, either new or upgrade. As you can read on www.embarcadero.com/radoffer if you buy the Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate editions the Konopka Controls and CodeSite Studio will be free, while if you buy you the Architect edition you get for free the entire RAD Solution Pack, worth several thousand Dollars or Euros. Act now, as these offers expire on December 18th.
For two videos introducing the components and a different angle on these offers, see also community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/these-are-the-components-you-are-looking-for.
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CodeSite Studio and Konopka Controls are Now Cheaper... or Even Free
I have purchased Delphi Enterprise Support&Maintenance prolongation for one year on November 25 2015.
Where can I download my free Konopka Controls VCL?
Comment by on December 13, 15:25
CodeSite Studio and Konopka Controls are Now Cheaper... or Even Free
Why do existing customers not get free stuff?
I thought wou wanted to have everyone on
subscription, and still you put subscription
customers at a disadvantage constantly, when all
others get free stuff, free components and free extra
products "buy 1 get 2".
Comment by Nuno on December 13, 19:14
Should have been free form the start
As a long term subscriber to Raize Controls, I am extremely
disappointed that this agreement was not honoured when EMB
acquired Raize. At the very least, existing subscriptions should have
been carried forward to the new Konopka Signature Controls.
Even more galling is that if I *buy* Delphi or RAD Studio, I can get a
free copy of the controls, but if I'm on the maintenance plan, then I
don't. I've been with Delphi since D1, helped test XE4 and others,
and am currently on 10 Seattle, but have had to fudge my Raize
controls packages so they compile in Delphi 10 Seattle.
Comment by Jason Sweby
[http://delphidisciple.blogspot.com]
on December 14, 08:33
CodeSite Studio and Konopka Controls are Now Cheaper... or Even Free
On the reason why customers on Update Subscription
don't receive the same free tools as customers buying
updates, the core reason is the first group is paying MUCH
LESS than the second.
Having said this we occasionally offer discounts to Update
Subscription customers, recently there was a 10% off the
RAD Solution Pack (not sure if this is still an active offer).
Other similar offers have been discussed.
As for existing Raize customers, they have been given the
option to get onto subscription, I know the terms are less
favorable than in the past (before this price reduction).
Comment by Marco Cantu
[http://www.marcocantu.com]
on December 14, 09:20
CodeSite Studio and Konopka Controls are Now Cheaper... or Even Free
Marco, as I see it, Subscription customers should get a substantial
discount when purchasing Konopka Controls VCL, as a reward for their
loyalty.
Comment by Peter on December 14, 10:57
CodeSite Studio and Konopka Controls are Now Cheaper... or Even Free
We have subscription on XE8 until 29/04/2016
Can we get a Seattle installation during this period?
Comment by Jeff Dyer on December 14, 16:03
CodeSite Studio and Konopka Controls are Now Cheaper... or Even Free
The longer customers wait to purchase an upgrade or renew after a
new release, the more goodies have always been offered. This is the
opposite of how most companies choose to reward "fast movers". I find
it extremely disingenuous and a slap in the face for being a loyal long-
term Delphi customer.
Why not include these components free for everybody who renews
their maintenance agreements before a given date, rather than the
opposite by rewarding people who drag their feet?
As a long-time Raize customer, I feel like this library that I have used for
years in every project I have has just been yanked out from under my
feet. Raize was always great at providing free updates for new Delphi
releases. It makes no sense that as both a long-term Delphi and long-
term Raize customer, I now have to pay a fee to get new release
updates while new customers get them free.
Existing Raize component library users should have the option to
receive free updates for Delphi releases the same way Raize did. If we
want to upgrade to newer versions, we can pay, just like with Delphi.
I know, your reply is going to be something like, "well that's how Raize
did things, and we're doing it differently. I thought Ray's business
model is pretty much ideal for the products he sold. Forcing us to pay
for simple recompiles on new compiler releases with no substantial
enhancements makes no sense. HTML5 Builder is still part of RAD
Studio, yet it hasn't been updated in a few years, with no mention of
any future updates. However, part of our annual maintenance fee for
RAD Studio is presumably to pay for such upgrades.
We pay an annual maintenance fee for the whole RAD Studio package.
If it was broken up and paid for like you're doing with Raize
Components, perhaps we'd see more evolution in the VCL and language
instead of a constant expansion of features at the outer perimeter of
the product. I personally see no value in cranking out more
enhancements to the Raize Components. I'd much rather see these
components integrated into the rest of the VCL, as the core VCL
components are old and stale. Raize Components are much closer to
what the VCL should have evolved to be like 20 years down the road.
Comment by David Schwartz on December 15, 22:43
This discussion had to come up
The simple problem behind the scenes sees to me
that due to the Delphi Prof. and Enterprise
versions not only the 'one' price can be found. So
people started to run 2 strategies.
a) Those who simply physically or mentally
uninstalled almost everything from Delphi and
started add components to the bare IDE. Well known
third party combinations grew from that.
b) Those who did not, started to find a unique
price on their own. People somehow started to
relate the manageable complexity. Some among
component sets and some among their Delphi
installed vs. the component set. That relation was
put into proportion to the relation between the
prices expressed in money.
b) can be split into various ways. That does mean
that the price for Delphi is caught in-between
insane boundaries. If lower the price for RAD
Studio devexpress will become 'expensive' again in
relation.
In case of tiny specialized components or tools and
add-ins all that does not count.
Not saying that's sane but happened over the years.
In how far does adding a tool called components YXZ
make RAD Studio more capable in order to manage the
overall complexity to address in an easier manner.
That question has been answered by devexpress which
is stronger than the overall Delphi offering.
Signature Controls never allowed to go far beyond
what Delphi did offer but in a more conveniant
fashion.
The price for Delphi does have the S.A. dimension
too. You have 4 prices people can relate too.
There is nothing wrong with relating, because
otherwise the concept of a price (expressing a
relation between two goods) would not exist. The
same argument counts for division of labor which
would not be applied if more people in one place
could achieve less.
Borland started to do and EMB continued the
following. Not sure if they ever really thought of
that or it's just my perception.
The organization of a supply chain in industries
does rely on a special layout. The most complex
production steps are closer to the customer which
do allow profits (absolute) to accumulate in order
to get reinvested. Anything else is simply
bureaucracy - creating the illusion of complexity
towards the customers and subsidizing the
population - bureaucracy offered and redistribution
of wealth in socialism by the state is the best
example.
Let's assume the complexity managed does match the
price. Delphi is not made expensive just to rip off
customers but to grow the potential to manage
complexity the more easy way. That's a certain
burden that comes.
In order to understand RC and the generous update
cycle we must go back in history.
As far as I remember the seemingly generous update
periods at no cost are result of a period when
major changes required lots of patience by the
customers too. (Custom Framing :) somehow around
RC2 to RC3 - 15 years ago). That didn't hurt but
seemed to me like a contradiction beween comfort
offered on one hand and a challange in mastering
complexity on the other. Raize considered that and
did not increase the version numbers for a long
period. I think Raize never could get off that
train and a tradition arose from this exceptional
concession. Ever since then the quality
skyrocketed. Those who joined later did never
experience something different. Somehow Ray who is
really a very honest and loyal soul had to live
with the result. So RC were undervalued for a long
time with no real option to go beyond what existed
already until the opportunity VCL Styles arose.
That's the impression I gained these days, long
time ago.
The drawback of 'Give them an inch and they'll take
an ell.' That's why it's just fair to collect a
maintenance free as long as those who do the work
get the money.
From that perspective RC was undervalued but also
limited the vision concerning it's evolution until
to opportunity visual styles arose. So it's just
fair to collect money but what for?
Since you put the controls into your store
returning the product to the original vendor is a
no go. So it's your product and in practice you
cannot escape keeping it up to date for free the
way it is. Wondering what that means from a
sustainability perspective.
So what do people get in return for the money they
spend? That's the question. Keeping RC up to date
is no argument, that's EMBs responsibility from the
perspective of the store. At least that's a very
lame argument.
So we know, the quality of the tool in particular
Konopka Controls VCL controls is high. But what
more can be added in order to keep Konopka VCL
Controls in balance with the complexity Delphi in
fashion of Enterprise or Professional does allow to
handle? The moment you extend Signature Controls
into the direction of devexpress you will run into
troubles ... because you will start to devalue the
components found in Delphi Prof.
Lowering the price is fine, because it's about
finding an initial price - one out of four. This
will make 3 of 4 somehow unhappy. Offering a
subscription is ok. One thing for sure, the
strategy of not paying for updates cannot continue
in general in case of signature controls. But what
can be added to signature controls that does allow
Delphi or RAD Studio to achieve more and how to
keep that in sync with the convenience already
offered. If no one does have a good idea the whole
thing boils down to Legacy Protection Service -
selling old wine in new sleuths even if it's a good
one turns into 'highway robbery on the road to
hell'in the fast forward IT business. Don't get the
latter wrong.
More components is not the only way to achieve
this. Radiant Shapes is a good thing. This is about
more and better at every level starting from
scratch. Code Site is also an add-on that does hurt
no one.
Comment by Michael on December 17, 18:10
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