[gorohoroh]

For commercial PhpStorm licenses a rough comparison would as follows.

Before November 2: First year: $199 a seat Each subsequent year: $129 a seat

After November 2: First year and each subsequent year: $119-149 a seat (with/without a promotion available)

[lol768]

Except that before November 2nd a company could pay $199 once and never again until they felt the need to upgrade.

Following November 2nd, a company has no choice but to cough up the yearly fee or the software stops working and the developers can't do any work without changing the software they use.

[timv]

cough up the yearly fee or the software stops working and the developers can't do any work

Yup, and all it takes is for an invoice to get misplaced or delayed in your accounts payable team and development grinds to a halt.

[thawkins]

And no tool available if we decide not to pay the subscription one year. This is all about forcing companies and licensees into continious payments, its not extending thier choice its severly restricting it. I cannot justify this to my board, as it takes all control over our costs out of our hands and puts us at the mercy of jetbrains pricing policies.