Most of my readers are probably aware of Red Gate’s decision to no longer offer a free edition of Reflector, the .NET assembly decompiler and analyzer. Much has already been said about the decision, and I am not going to jump in to debate the politics/ethics of the decision at this time. The fact is, Reflector is a great utility for any .NET developer’s toolbox. I think that, in the end, this move is going to create some competition in the market and hopefully drive Reflector and its competitors to deliver better, more feature-rich tools. We have already seen a couple of free alternatives pop up (here and here).
Red Gate has heard the concerns of the community and contacted me about running a promotion to help promote some goodwill. Over the next two weeks, you will have two chances to enter a contest sponsored by Red Gate. There will be 50 winners, each receiving a license for .NET Reflector Professional. There are two ways to enter:
- Leave a comment on this blog post. At the end of the contest I will choose, at random, 25 winners.
- Follow me on Twitter and tweet this message. I will choose 25 random winners from the list of tweets.
Hey @alvinashcraft. I want a copy of Reflector 7 from @redgate. #dewdrop
Here are a few rules/disclaimers/disclosures:
- You can only win one license. If the same person is chosen in both the comments and tweets, another random name will be drawn.
- The contest begins today, February 21, 2011 and ends on Friday, March 4, 2011.
- Winners will be contacted no later than Tuesday, March 8, 2011.
- As a Microsoft MVP and Friend of Red Gate, I have free NFR licenses for Reflector and ANTS Profiler for personal use. I have not been compensated by Red Gate in any other way.
- Gifts, bribes, complements, etc. will have NO influence on the outcome of this contest.
Good luck and thanks for reading The Dew!
Stéphane Bebrone says:
Hi Alvin,
Great contest and thank you!
++ 🙂
George Chatzimanolis says:
I like your “contest” and of course this blog!!! 🙂
Simon says:
Love the blog, Alvin. I’ve used Reflector for years and would like to be considered for one of the licenses you are giving away.
Cheers
Arash Rahgozar says:
Hey @alvinashcraft. I want a copy of Reflector 7 from @redgate. #dewdrop
Dave Shaw says:
I’d like to win one (First?) 😉
Jef Claes says:
Being first must be worth something?
Arun Mahendrakar says:
Hey alvinashcraft. I want a copy of Reflector 7 from @redgate
Jose Angel says:
I want one! 🙂
GlenH says:
Please include me in the drawing for the free copy of Reflector. Thanks!
Glen
Matthew says:
Great blog and contest! Thank you for your commitment and contributions to the community.
Joey Robichaud says:
I’d love a free copy of Reflector 7. Great giveaway. =)
Al says:
Free is something I can always afford …
João Paulo Menezes says:
Thank you Alvin!
Gareth Erskine-Jones says:
a copy for me please!
Craig Wilson says:
I’d love to win one.
Thanks…
Naveen says:
Good One. I would be great to have a Free Reflector Prof edition.
Jason Williams says:
I would like a free copy, please. Thanks!
Mike Hudgell says:
Hey alvinashcraft. I want a copy of Reflector 7 from @redgate. Now they’ve changed I think they’re going to have a battle keeping “feature-parity” with Resharper/ILSpy who are coming on really fast..
Wayne says:
Count me in!
Justin says:
Very cool idea to promote Reflector. I’d love to keep it “free” by winning a Pro license.
Thanks for providing this.
Mikael Åhlén says:
I want to win a free copy of Reflector.
Balaje Sankar says:
I would like a copy. Please reserve me one.
Ziggy says:
Thank you Alvin!
Cecile says:
I could use one too 🙂
Roger Jungchan Hsieh says:
I am so eager to win a free redgate reflector tool from @redgate.
Thanks @alvinashcraft
Tim Cochran says:
Thanks for helping ‘soften’ the blow.
Pradeep Melam says:
this is so good.. wining Reflector pro
Stephane says:
Thanks Alvin and Redgate for doing this.
I’ll love to win a free copy 🙂
AdamA says:
Here is my attempt. Thanks!
Rick Eberle says:
Relector and ANTS are hard to live without. Please send me a free Reflector Pro. Thanks. BTW thanks for the work you do helping us keep up with whats going on.
Greg says:
What the heck… sign me up. 🙂
RG says:
Count me in the contest. Thanks.
Soltys says:
Count me in!
Morten Jacobsen says:
A copy of reflector wouldn’t hurt!.. Keep up the good work with the Morning Dew!
Regards,
Morten
Brice Wilson says:
Nice contest. Please drop my name in the hat.
Radenko Zec says:
Nice move. Thanks
Jörg B. says:
Nice move! And giving it a shot 🙂
Cheers,
-J
hyperslug says:
Yep.
Nigel Sampson says:
Count me in!, Great blog btw.
liviu says:
Hi,
I tried the free solutions, but i still like reflector 😉 ….
Thanks
Donnie Pruitt says:
Please include me in the drawing for the free copy of Reflector. Thanks!
Adrian Edwards says:
Pick me. Pick me! Love the Dew Drop on RSS.
Todd Stewart says:
Sign me up. Thanks for the giveaway.
David Williams says:
Count me in!
Sothy Chanty says:
Count me in.
Carel Lotz says:
Pause here and choose me! Please 😉
Kristof says:
love the blog, nice giveaway !
Bochert Artur says:
Count me in as well 🙂 Thank you…
geekbeing says:
One of your licences are belong to me!
Martin says:
I’m huge fan of reflector, nice to have a license.
Now I’m counting on JetBrains, hope they succeed in their free version.
Thanks for the contest.
Sheron Benedict says:
Please count me in for the contest… Thanks.
Ant says:
Here’s to keep using Reflector!
Damien says:
I’ve been dreading the thought of not being able to use Reflector – I’d love to carry on using it, rather than have to switch to an alternative or (shudder) go back to poring over the output from ILDASM
Marcin Biegała says:
Great idea. Reflector can save a lot of time.
Best regards!
Jose M. Pardo says:
Hi
Not without my Reflector!
Great contest. Thank you.
Julien Hoarau says:
I’d love a free copy of Reflector 7. Thanks
Lakshminarayanan says:
Hope I get a licence for this must have developer tool
Sheik says:
Great opportunity for enthusiastic people those believe the source code as design.
Roja says:
It would be rather nice not to loose my beloved reflector!
SFT says:
Hey @alvinashcraft. I want a copy of Reflector 7 from @redgate. #dewdrop
Pyush says:
Please count me in too.
Thanks Alvin and Redgate for the licenses.
svelde says:
Nice contest. Count me in!
Harry says:
Me too!
Ross Dargan says:
Count me in:-) Love reflector – most useful tool ever.
Ross
Dr Herbie says:
Fair enough — I’ll try for a free licence!
naraga says:
reflector is must have tool. i have grown my klowledge of .net thanks to picking in base library with this tool.
Tom says:
Sweet, That is a price I can afford.
Matt says:
Hey Alvin – I read your blog every day before I start working! Gives me something to look forward to in the morning. I’d love a free copy of Reflector, it’s an extremely useful tool to me! Thank you.
Dan Kelley says:
That’s a very generous offer. Fingers crossed!
Sylvain Taccucci says:
Great, not a bad thing that Reflector is going kind of commercial, good for the competition, and probably goog for the future of Reflector, Toad followed a similar process….!
Bob Millar says:
Reflector going commercial is great for the community. The cost is reasonable and it will bring competition. Thanks for the opportunity to win a free license.
Jeff says:
cool…m in
Chad Smith says:
Great contest and thank you!
Michael says:
The cost is certainly worth the benefit for Reflector, but since you’re offering… I’d love a free copy!
Great blog, btw.
mick says:
gr8 contest…. drop me in!!!
Guy says:
Great idea for a contest! Count me in…
Tom MacAdam says:
I’d love a shot at winning a license… thanks for the opportunity.
Michal Grzegorzewski says:
Nice contest, so choose me! 🙂
Count me in…
Asif says:
Have been using reflector for years and will continue to use it!
Yuan Liu says:
Thanks for this post, it is very nice to know the alternatives.
tibo says:
Thanks for this contest!
Have a nice day.
dbock says:
Thanks for posting the alternatives. Reflector has been great for years. Please include me in the contest to receive a free copy.
Graham says:
Would love a free copy.
Jason says:
I could really use the Reflector license.
James Curran says:
I’d like to join in on your Reflector raffle.
(I’d also like to point out that the Morning Dew so the best .Net link list I’ve found — even if you haven’t linked to any part of “Naked Came The Null Delegate” http://nakedcamethenulldelegate.wordpress.com/ )
Tim says:
I’d love a free copy.
Herdy says:
Pick me! 😀
Matthew Cuba says:
Hi Alvin – I would definitely put this to good use. Thanks for doing the contest. Really cool.
csmacnz says:
I like winning things, especially when they’re free
Ryan says:
Great contest – thanks!
Geoff Hingston says:
Add me to the draw please
Fayez Mutairi says:
Hey @alvinashcraft. I want a copy of Reflector 7 from @redgate. #dewdrop
Pawel says:
Maybe, I will be the lucky one 😉
Andre says:
Hey @alvinashcraft. I want a copy of Reflector 7 from @redgate. #dewdrop
Markus says:
Love your tool. Saved me alot of time in debugging strange problems.
Bruno Marques says:
Nice! I want one! Count me in!
Markus Klug says:
Why shouldn’t I be the one to win one of these…
Gökhan says:
Thanks a alot. You wrote great story
Janos says:
Thanks for the contest! Count me in, please!
Sandro says:
Count me in:-)
Bojan says:
Free Reflector Pro? Sweet!
MadmanPL says:
Nice contest.
Count me in.
From Holland says:
For what it’s worth!
DevTopics says:
Sign me up! IMO RedGate would have generated much more goodwill had they allowed the free version to continue working forever, even if there were no new updates. Instead, they upset the developer community, and now there are at least two strong new competitors.
Timm says:
Great contest, sign me up! Thanks.
Sebastien says:
Thanks for the contest … I would interested to get one 🙂
Kurt Schindler says:
Sign me up.
nachid says:
wait and see
Shai Goldberg says:
Great contest.
Reflector is a great tool, please sign me up.
Oscar Cabrero says:
hopefully this will be the comment, thanks for the great contest!
Bob Mercier says:
I agree it’s a sweet deal. Tweeted in OlderWiser
ESA says:
Who could possibly argue with free?
Alex says:
Please don’t let me win, I don’t deserve it.
But thanks for your blog.
Héctor says:
Nice contest, I’m in ;).
Bang Duong says:
Nice tool, i want a free copy
Joseph Lukacovic says:
Sweet idea. I’m in for a copy.
Andrey says:
Hi, i wish i had a copy 🙂
John Farrell says:
Reflector is pretty awesome.
Simon says:
Greetings from Poland 🙂
dario says:
Hey alvinashcraft. Please prepare a copy of Reflector for me 🙂
Doug Rohm says:
Pick me 🙂 I’d love a copy of Reflector!
tiechuan says:
Reflector is a great tool.
Hetitor says:
Nice contest in a very interesting blog!
I hope win a Reflector License.
Thanks in advance
Alvin Ashcraft says:
Contest is over and all winners have been notified by Red Gate. Thanks for reading!