Re: Filemerge questions
Re: Filemerge questions
- Subject: Re: Filemerge questions
- From: Rich Siegel <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 21:48:30 -0400
On Wednesday, April 30, 2014, Jens Alfke <email@hidden> wrote:
On Apr 30, 2014, at 6:34 AM, Sean McBride <email@hidden>
wrote:
FileMerge is, ummm, lacking in many things. If you diff files
often, you really should consider one of the many
alternatives. These days I use Araxis Merge, which I find
quite nice.
It does look nice, but $129 just to get some fancier diff/merge
features seems pretty steep. The other commercial diff apps I’ve seen
are also $50 and up. The developers must be assuming that most people
in their target market are going to ignore the price and just file an
expense report ;-)
I'm in no position to comment on Araxis' pricing structure, but
speaking as someone who produces a tool which costs $50 and
happens to be able to compare files, I feel I have a certain
insight to offer. :-)
It’s a shame the nice file-compare UI in Xcode 4+ can’t be used to
compare arbitrary files, instead of just SCM revisions of one file. It
already takes care of 99% of my file comparing needs, and the other 1%
of cases aren’t common enough to justify dropping half a Benjamin or
more.
I guess it's a question of value, right? If you make your living
using a tool, wouldn't that put $50 in perspective? How many
equivalent billable hours of your time would $50 work out to,
compared to how much time the tool would save? If the answer is
"yes", then complaining about price seems specious to me. And if
the answer is "no", then by all means carry on. :-)
JMTCW (no pun intended),
R.
--
Rich Siegel Bare Bones Software, Inc.
<email@hidden> <http://www.barebones.com/>
Someday I'll look back on all this and laugh... until they
sedate me.
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