Goobye Ivy...

[Franx]

Was looking for a 2018 Ivy plugin update on Guruware's site to find out that he has decided to stop updating and even sharing his plugin.
Read the "not a rant" on http://www.guruware.at/main/
I totally understand his frustration and motivation for this decision, but I certainly will miss this tool.
Just hoping that he's gonna release it commercially at some point.

[stevesideas]

Whilst I can understand his frustrations I think he should have actually made it a commercial plugin. Shame it's not continuing.

[glorybound]

Well, that sucks. I am not sure if I ever donated, but I do most of the time. Having said that, I would have gladly purchased it.

[idnok]

Well, that sucks. I am not sure if I ever donated, but I do most of the time. Having said that, I would have gladly purchased it.

Same here.. Would gladly purchase it!

[werticus]

What a banana, he just needs to change the donate button to a buy button and it is sorted.

I emailed him to tell him I feel funny about 'donations' and would pay whatever price to buy it.

hit him up: guruware@hotmail.com

[JezUK]

Just write him an email, I did and donated too, he gave me the updates.....

[anthonyh]

I`ve never used it myself but it`s never good to lose a plugin people rely on. Removing it from all the people that use it because of a couple of idiots seems like rather a bad decision made in haste. Next time set a minimum donation price, that way you won`t be able to tell the jokers from the decent donators.

[JezUK]

Removing it from all the people that use it because of a couple of idiots seems like rather a bad decision made in haste.

That's what I told him - why punish everyone due to a few idiots !

He needs to redesign his website a little, make the Donate/Buy button bigger, move it to be more prominent etc etc. - shouldn't be hard for someone of his programming skills

[anthonyh]

Who knows maybe someone pressed the wrong button and meant to leave 1 or 10 dollars and all this is just a misunderstanding ? Unless someone left a sarcastic comment of course.

[glorybound]

Just send $25. Might be too late, but hey, it is worth a try to keep to keep it alive.

[JeffG2]

Thanks for the heads up.

Just purchased for $35

[glorybound]

Thanks for the heads up.

Just purchased for $35

Hey, trying to trump me? Good, maybe he'll be encouraged to keep developing his plugin. I don't know, there are other benefits to him other than monetary. People going to his site to download a free plugin gives him Google cred.

[werticus]

I sent him $50 and didn't get anything for it

ended up finding it:

[werticus]

2018 version: https://forums.autodesk.com/autodesk...2/1/gw_Ivy.zip

[gandhics]

Making commercial usually doesn't make meaningful money. IT shows up in CGP in a few a day.
Also as soon as it becomes commercial, users feels more entitled because they paid.
That's causes a lot more "support" then you earn.
Being a commercial plugin developer is not easy as you think.