In all fairness, I attended the summer academy and earned quite a few upgrades/deployment options for free and then they offered me a great deal on the gold option. If it were not for the buginess of the web deployment module and the incompleteness of the android deployment module, I would be far more satisfied than I am. I am just surprised by the version upgrade. I did not see it coming. It was a well kept secret and the time frame just does not seem that long since I opted for the gold edition.
So, I am on the fence here. Do I upgrade or not. Fact is, I really like live code as a language. For that reason, I am unwilling to totally step away. Its just that I am severely low on funds, so upgrading ALL my deployment options is impossible for me. I fear that if I upgrade to 5.0 I will not be able to deploy to anything except pc and Mac unless I pony up the money for each deployment option a la carte. Believe me, if I could afford $800 per year, I would opt for the complete option. However, times are tough for everyone and I am simply not making the kind of money I wad just a year ago. I am at an empass. Everything I want to create is audio visual in nature and the new 5.0 seems to be going in that direction. Grrrrrrrrrr. Mike Mark Schonewille <m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: >Hi Mike, > >I agree. It would be nice to either know what to expect or get free updates >for a reasonable amount of time. RealStudio offers 3 months of updates for >free. That's reasonable and avoids unexpected surprises. Thus I didn't need to >think long before buying my RealStudio license. > >When I paid for my Revolution Enterprise license in 2009, I got one single >major update (4.0) two months after buying my license. I felt this was >actually the version I had paid for, because I already had the previous >version (3.5). I felt I was entitled to at least one more major update, >because I had paid so much money. The next major update (4.5) was released >right after my license expired, while I personally felt I had actually paid >for that next update. That's very unpleasant and makes me feel I wasted my >money (and that's a very friendly way to describe my feelings). > >Currently, I am trying to decide whether to buy 5.0, but it is very difficult, >without information about what to expect, no free updates, no trial versions >even (I got free trial versions for older versions and am grateful for those, >but the trials only made me find essential bugs and I had to decide to wait). >I kind of accidentally asked RunRev to help me solve this problem, but >although I did get a few extra trial versions, it was to no avail. > >I asked RealStudio what they think. Although I'm not sure I should quote them, >it seems they just can't imagine that the number of LiveCode trial versions is >limited. > >-- >Best regards, > >Mark Schonewille > >Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering >Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com >Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer >KvK: 50277553 > >See what you get with only a small contribution. All our LiveCode downloads >are listed at http://qery.us/zr > >On 20 okt 2011, at 14:36, Admin wrote: > >> >> >> Heather, >> >> Oh. In every other program I have purchased, including >> software IDEs, it is almost always common to get a year (or more) of >> updates, so it was kind of assumed. For some reason, I thought I >> upgraded to complete, but you are right about me upgrading to Gold. I >> checked my purchases. Truth be told, I have not had Live Code that long >> and had no idea 5 was 'around the corner' considering how much I plunked >> down (although it was still a good deal). I would have waited if I knew >> that. I wish there was a product version cycle countdown timer or >> something. I mean, you went from 4.6 to 5. What happened to 4.7, 4.8 and >> 4.9???? (lol). >> >> Mike >> >> On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:41:10 +0100, Heather >> Nagey wrote: >> >>> I'm rather concerned about this. The Omega bundle did >> not include a >>> year of updates, and if anyone told you it did, they >> were misinformed, >>> and giving you incorrect advice. Can you point to >> where this >>> information was provided? >>> >>> I've checked your license >> entitlement, and your upgrade was to the >>> Gold bundle, with a very >> substantial discount applied due to the free >>> platforms you earned >> during the Summer Academy. The Gold bundle does >>> not carry an extended >> upgrade entitlement, only the Complete license >>> offers this. Your >> upgrade was quite close to the cut off date for >>> getting LiveCode 5 >> free however. If you email me in support directly >>> we might come to >> some kind of arrangement. >>> >>> I'd like to re-iterate however, that we >> certainly never promised a >>> year of updates with the Omega bundle. The >> only license type we sell >>> that carries a year of updates is the >> Complete license. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Heather > > >_______________________________________________ >use-livecode mailing list >use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >preferences: >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
