On Jun 14, 2011, at 22:53, Christopher Stone <[email protected]> wrote: > In any case I'll keep buying my upgrades direct unless and until using the > app-store becomes genuinely in my best interest (if they ever decide to > manage upgrades that is).
I doubt very much that there will be charged upgrades in the App store. There are a few reasons that it is not in Apple's interest to add this support, and there is also not a huge need. Yes, there are some products where a paid update model makes sense and works, and if they ever do adopt it into the App Store they couldn't do better than the BareBones model, I don't think (buy it once and you always get upgrade pricing for future versions). It might seem odd, but Apple actually wants to drive the price of software down, as that makes the new software much more desirable. For example, I know a lot of people who are suddenly using Aperture now that it's not $300, and tons of people have bought Pages for $15 (or is it $20? I'm on my iPad and there is no way to see the Mac app store from it) that would never have spent the money on iWork. Apple's solution to this would be that BBEdit 10 is released as a 'new' product in the app store at a cost of $30, that way everyone gets the upgrade price, even if they are new customers. Btw, I am not suggesting this is what Barebones should do, but it is what APPLE seems to want all developers to do. Way back when Snow Leopard was announced I wrote a long email to Steve Jobs about why I thought 10.6 should be free or practically free. Faster adoption, reduced support time for older versions, and a universal baseline for developers were some of the reasons I gave. I'm guessing he was already thinking along those lines since not only was Snow Leopard practically free, but now Lion is even closer to being free for customers with multiple computers since the single $29 charge covers ALL your machines. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
