Hello Maxim, On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:45:36 +0300 GMT (13/Jun/10, 23:45 PM +0700 GMT), Maxim Masiutin wrote:
MM> The new version will be version 5.0. MM> The registration system will be changed. We didn’t yet completely MM> figured out the final changes to the registration system, but the MM> preliminary changes are the following: registration will allow MM> using The Bat! for a particular period of time. It will not be MM> bound to version numbers as before. During this time period, the MM> user will be able to update to newer versions of The Bat! and MM> receive technical support. Upon the expiration of the term, no MM> updates to newer versions will be possible unless the user MM> prolongs the period by paying the fee. So the version the user has when the subscription expires will continue to work and he will just not be able to upgrade? Or will his current version stop working? Also kindly advise about tech support the user will receive - TBUDL is free for all at the moment. I don't think you mean you will forcibly unsubscribe non-payers. I am sure you would have told us how long the subscription period is, had you made the decision yet. Please let us know what period you are thinking about. Seeing how many years are between major versions, and full IMAP support having been promised for v2 (that was sometime in the last century), I think you will lose most of your customers unless you fix the old bugs and deliver on your promises before the first period expires. This way, you are putting yourself under pressure to fix these bugs, which is good for us, the users. I, therefore, appreciate the subscription approach as customer-friendly. Provided that old versions keep working if the user doesn't pay up for the next period, that is. At least we will have a schedule! So I am curious as to how much time you give yourselves between asking the customers to pay up again or jump the bandwaggon. This is much better than basing this on version numbers that don't have any schedules. I like it. -- Cheers, Thomas. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.2.33.9 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 4.2.33.9 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
