On 8/25/01 3:00 AM, Heather Williams wrote:
> Just so everyone gets this clear: the Standard single user license
> unlocks one edition of Revolution, currently 1.0. This license will not
> unlock any future updates, but is not time limited in any way. You can
> carry on using that version of Revolution for as long as you can run it
> on your computer. To receive continuous updates at no further cost you
> need to purchase a Professional license, which is valid for one year, but
> will unlock all updates released during that year. If you are a Standard
> license holder, and you want features appearing in a later update, you
> need to purchase that update as another Standard license. To sweeten the
> pill a little however, during the test cycle for the release of 1.1
> (currently in Alpha), we are allowing purchasers of a Standard user
> license to upgrade to 1.1 at 50% of the normal cost. So if you buy 1.0
> now, you'll get 50% off 1.1.
Yikes ... this is much closer to the iShell subscription model than the
REALBasic model, where you pay per version and updates are free until the
next major-number upgrade.
My total investment in REALBasic has been about $450 over a period of two
years -- just about manageable in my current freelance mode. What would the
equivalent cost be for Revolution over this time period? I already know
what the iShell cost would be (since it is a yearly subscription).
For those using a software such as Rev as an income-producing tool, we need
to know hard-and-fast yearly budget costs for our tools (I budget $500 a
year for upgrades for all the Adobe products I use, for instance). It's
really helpful to have a predictable annual cost.
Tony.
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