Hello, Thank you to everyone who expressed support to AB in this thread.
Best regards, Tomasz Janeczko amibroker.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Louis Préfontaine To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 5:41 AM Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired I can't say much about this controversy because I am relatively new here, but so far I found what I was looking for with AB and I think the price is relatively affordable and the community is great, and I appreciate what Tomasz is doing with the program. I am 100% satisfied. This may not be a great argument in this discussion, but this is my best one. AB rocks! Louis 2008/5/29 brian_z111 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: To be fair: People have forgotten the point that you maintain bug free backward compatibility going back a long way and you don't force people to upgrade. They have also forgotten the main point that for all of us AB is an educational, hobby business, business or employment cost and compared to other costs in those categories AB is peanuts (trading has the lowest overheads of any legal business that I know off). I agree you do spoil us. I don't know of any other product that I have purchased where I can give the CEO an opinion, let alone try to demand that a certain feature be designed into the next model (all or most succesful businesses do carry out market research, using focus groups, but none that I know of do it across the board, day in, day out, the way that you do). brian_z --- In [email protected], "Tomasz Janeczko \(groups\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Major upgrade is the upgrade that adds major number of new features. > Each our 0.01 beta is more "MAJOR" than major releases of other T/A softwares. > > Therefore it is more than justified to call 0.1, MAJOR upgrade especially considering the fact > that AB version number consists of THREE parts: > X.WY.Z > > Where > X is incremented just when W generates carry over (9->0) > W increases with major release that is cumulative version of TEN previous > (beta) versions each containing a couple of NEW features > Y increases with each BETA that contains NEW FEATURES > Z increases with versions that contain only hot-fixes and bug-fixes > > > You are just spoiled receiving FREE upgrades for FOUR years, even though > I originally promised that 5x0.10 major release cycle will span only one year. > It was my goodwill to add MORE new features in each and every +0.10 increment. > > If I was doing business "IT industry standard way" I would add ONE new feature > per 0.10 upgrade. Instead you got a couple of new features every 0.01 BETA. > > So our 0.10 is SUPER MAJOR release as compared to "IT standard". > > Now $99 is a fee for 12 month period if there are more 3 or more than 3 0.1 releases > during 12 month period. Other companies would charge you more than that > for EACH upgrade. > > Frankly speaking I would love to purchase the software that uses > the same upgrade policy as AmiBroker, but I don't find any (among ones > I am interested in). Everyone charges for each and every upgrade and the sums > are much larger than that. > > Best regards, > Tomasz Janeczko > amibroker.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "original_nightstalker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:21 PM > Subject: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired > > > > > > Apologies - let me correct the misunderstanding. I didn't mean to > > imply that I HAD been paying $99 for every 12 months. But from now > > on, according to the website, $99 is the upgrade fee for the next 12 > > months. In other words, to stay fully up to date, would cost $99 per > > year. At least, that's how I read the info on the website. > > > > I'm not for one moment trying to imply that Tomasz doesn't deserve the > > income - of course he does. I've been a fervent AmiBroker user, fan, > > and recommender for several years and will continue to do so. > > > > It's just that we're starting to get into the realms of the Law of > > Diminishing Returns, where the outlay goes up disproportionately to > > the amount of new features that I actually need or would use. > > > > I'm still very happy with my v5.09 beta - it does everything I use it > > for without a hitch. So I'll simply keep on using it. > > > > The version numbering is something that I find a little confusing - > > I've been involved in computers for over 35 years, and MAJOR upgrades > > usually involve an increment in the number to the left of the decimal > > point. Minor upgrades increase the number to the right of the decimal > > point. That has been the de facto standard for version numbering > > throughout the IT industry as I've known it since the mid-1970s. > > Hence my somewhat befuddled surprise that 5.10 was considered a MAJOR > > upgrade. I'd have called it version 6 if that was the case. Version > > 5.10 would normally be seen as an UPDATE rather than an UPGRADE - if > > you see what I mean. > > > > Gee - I really hate to be picky - it's not usually like me at all ;) > > > > Hope that has cleared up my statement about paying $99 per year - > > referring to the future from now on, rather than the past until now. > > > > Regards, Pete, Brisbane, Australia. > > ==================================== > > > > --- In [email protected], "dingo" <dingo@> wrote: > >> > >> Not trying to beat you up about your decision but I seriously doubt > > you've > >> been having to pay for upgrades every 12 months. You might want to > > revisit > >> that. > >> > >> d > >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Please note that this group is for discussion between users only. > > > > To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to > > SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com > > > > For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG: > > http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/ > > > > For other support material please check also: > > http://www.amibroker.com/support.html > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
