Yesterday I bought a License of Enso Launcher and I realized that it's the first license that I've ever bought voluntarily.

First of all I want to clarify that doesn't mean that all of the other software I'm using doesn't have a license, it's just that it came with the computer or it does not require a license. In fact I usually use only open source software with very few exceptions.

So what is Enso Launcher and why did I buy a license? It is a product meant to make the computer easier to use inspired by the ideas of Jeff Raskin in The Humane Interface. I really enjoyed reading that book so it was great to see that someone had made it real. Accidentally I've been using Windows for a while and really missed the command line, so Enso was a perfect fit for me. They are really showing how good a command interface can be (emacs users already knew, enso has a lot of the concepts of emacs commands but with an improved UI).

What made me doubt is that I'm soon going to turn back to Ubuntu so I'm not going to be able to use it that much, so why did I buy it?
* It is a really good product
* It's great to see people innovating in usability so I want to support them
* It's cheap ($19'95)
* Its license lasts for ever including all updates. This was very important in my decision because I really want to see what other improvements humanized makes.

So I'm really going to miss it when I go back to Ubuntu, but as I'll have to use windows for testing every once in a while I'll be able to take a look at what is new in Enso.

If you haven't done it already I recommend everyone to download a try Enso for some time. Force yourself to use it the first three days. It's something new and feels strange at first but it's really worth it.