Pricing

[Michael T. Ashby]

I e-mailed RIT Labs about a site licence, but I haven't head back, so
I thought I'd throw it out to the mailing list in case there are
resellers here that could help me.

I'm looking at purchasing a site licence for 15 users.


Michael T. Ashby



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TheBat Pricing

[David Earl]

Hi All,

On the TB web page, there is a list of prices, but there's no info about what's 
included/required. Are there special benefits to, for example, a "business" license?

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Re: TheBat Pricing

[Peter Meyns]

Hi David,

on Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:58:59 +0200GMT, you wrote:

DE> On the TB web page, there is a list of prices, but there's no
DE> info about what's included/required. Are there special benefits
DE> to, for example, a "business" license?

Welcome to TBUDL. :-)

No, there are no differences of the versions you get. It is just meant
to have a student pay less than a home user, who pays less than a
business user. There is nothing required to prove. If you buy an
educational version and use it for business, it's just that you
infringe the license agreement, no more or less.

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Re: TheBat Pricing

[Charles M. Gerungan]

Hello David,

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:58:59 +0200 UTC David Earl wrote in message
:

DE> On the TB web page, there is a list of prices, but there's no
DE> info about what's included/required. Are there special benefits
DE> to, for example, a "business" license?

There are no benefits.

It's regular shareware practice to charge businesses more than the
average user. As I use it for my business, I'm expected to be able to
pay more as it's a business expense.

I think it's a great mechanism as students -- who generally do not
have money to spare -- can also use software legally. It's a mindset
people have to get into.

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Re: TheBat Pricing

[Charles M. Gerungan]

Hello David,

Sat, 14 Aug 2004 08:43:28 +0200 UTC David Earl wrote in message
:

DE> Ok, honor system, basically. That's ok, and probably easier for
DE> RITLabs to track.

It's impossible to track, which is why you call it an "honor" system.

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Re: TheBat Pricing

[Peter Meyns]

Hi WilWilWil,

on Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:40:20 +0200GMT, you wrote:

W> Strange  policy : imagine a student who has bought "TB student" at the beginning
W> of the year, who just get his diploma ad the end of the year and has his studies
W> ended... Will he get a "personal use license" and pay TB a second time ? Or will
W> he use TB "Student" for life ?

He can easily upgrade to the personal or business version by paying the
difference.

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Re: TheBat Pricing

[Alexander S. Kunz]

Hello Peter Meyns,

14-Aug-2004 14:15, you wrote:

> | RandomSignature-Professional 3.2 - DEMO
> | !!!You are using an illegal key! Please buy a LEGAL copy!!!

LOL!!!

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Re[2]: TheBat Pricing

[David Earl]

Peter & Charles,

Ok, honor system, basically. That's ok, and probably easier for RITLabs to track.

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PM> Hi David,

PM> on Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:58:59 +0200GMT, you wrote:

DE>> On the TB web page, there is a list of prices, but there's no
DE>> info about what's included/required. Are there special benefits
DE>> to, for example, a "business" license?

PM> Welcome to TBUDL. :-)

PM> No, there are no differences of the versions you get. It is just meant
PM> to have a student pay less than a home user, who pays less than a
PM> business user. There is nothing required to prove. If you buy an
PM> educational version and use it for business, it's just that you
PM> infringe the license agreement, no more or less.



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Re[2]: TheBat Pricing

[WilWilWil]

==Original message text===
From: Peter Meyns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David Earl on TBUDL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, August 13, 2004, 10:34:37 PM
Subject: TheBat Pricing
PM> Hi David,

PM> on Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:58:59 +0200GMT, you wrote:

DE>> On the TB web page, there is a list of prices, but there's no
DE>> info about what's included/required. Are there special benefits
DE>> to, for example, a "business" license?

PM> Welcome to TBUDL. :-)

PM> No, there are no differences of the versions you get. It is just meant
PM> to have a student pay less than a home user, who pays less than a
PM> business user. There is nothing required to prove. If you buy an
PM> educational version and use it for business, it's just that you
PM> infringe the license agreement, no more or less.


===End of original message text===
Strange  policy : imagine a student who has bought "TB student" at the beginning
of the year, who just get his diploma ad the end of the year and has his studies
ended... Will he get a "personal use license" and pay TB a second time ? Or will
he use TB "Student" for life ?
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Differential Pricing for TB [Was: Re: Thank you]

[Paula Ford]

On Monday, October 30, 2000, Avenarius wrote:

> I'm still reeling from the loss of the 35 dollars I had to pay for The
> Bat here in Slovakia. I could have bought 70 (yeah, seventy) full
> menu lunches for the money here. Or I could have paid my rent for six
> weeks.

On the lunch price scale, that would translate into $350 US for me. As
much as I love TB, I certainly wouldn't pay that much for it.
Unfortunately, it seems that most software is priced based on the
standard of living in the world's wealthiest nations. I think RIT Labs
would say that this is where the vast majority of their paying customers
reside. One might counter that the pricing dictates that outcome.

A long time on the list, the possibility of establishing differential
pricing for different countries was discussed. It's obviously done for
local markets for some products. A Coke, for example, bought in Mexico
costs a small fraction of what it costs across the border in the U.S.
But, how could RIT Labs establish differential prices based on the
location of the customer, when the software is universally available as
a download? Could international currency exchange rates be used? How
would they verify the location of the customer? How would customers
charged the most react? If a reasonable method could be developed, I
suspect that RIT Labs would see increased registrations from less
affluent nations, but would that offset the costs of such a system? Not
an easy business problem to solve, but it certainly would be interesting
trying.

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