ASK> Hello Gonçalo Farias & everyone else, ASK> on 04-Dez-2004 at 10:31 you (Gonçalo Farias) wrote:
>> Well, if I recall correctly, I purchase this software, I did not >> rent or leased it. ASK> I think you purchased a license that allows you to use the ASK> software, and not the software itself. Thats a difference. :) Name it the way you want it, you bought your right, you didn't rent it. :) >> I personally prefer those kind of softwares where you buy it once >> and get a license for every future version. I purchased several >> softwares in this category. ASK> Hmmmm. I know only two in my collection: Deliplayer and Total ASK> Commander, and even the licenses of those two do not include a ASK> guarantee for free future upgrades. I count at least 7 in my collection. >> In the category of those that must be 're-purchased' TheBat, TheBat >> Private Disk, among others. I bought this ones, because the price >> was fair but I'm not going to pay annual fees for sure. ASK> You have to look at the "source" of this discussion... what has ASK> happened since version 2... It's not annual, they charge for major releases. It arguable if the enhancements they made justified a major release though... ASK> 1st of September 2003, v2 of TB was released and if you wanted to ASK> use it, you had to pay an upgrade fee. 1st of September 2004, v3 ASK> was released and you had to pay another upgrade fee. We're ASK> already paying per year, and I want to add that I do NOT like ASK> that. An official "annual" fee would be a more honest way of ASK> licensing, business ethics, that sort of thing. Well... maybe it's annual. :) But an annual fee would mean a change in the activation code, like Anti-Virus, that would have to expire to force you to buy a new one. >> I would more easily go back to AK-Mail. ASK> And be stuck with the uncertainty if and when a new version will ASK> come. I'm an ex-AKMail User myself. Nothing against the ASK> programmer, but it is a hobby project and lacks to many ASK> features... to be honest, there's no way to go back. "to be honest, there's no way to go back.": Well, you see what I think about paying annual fees then... :) Best regards, Goncalo Farias -- Rule # 1: No man should be without a beer. ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.10 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
