Kay and others, Would anyone like to share what they have found to be new and improved in Livecode 6.0.-dp-1 ?
I'm also somewhat confused about the array of wonderful products for purchase so if someone wants to provide the For Dummies version that would be great. Mike I --- On Wed, 11/14/12, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> Subject: [OT] LiveCode 6.0 - Upgrade, Update or Addon To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 6:10 PM Richard penned the below quite some time ago, but it's still clear as mud to me. I just got an email offering me: Our offer to you*: Get any update to your LiveCode license today, and we'll give you: Access to the LiveCode Developer Program All developer preview releases of 6.0 And all updates for the next year for your updated platform/s. So what constitutes "any update", "all updates" and "updated platform/s" When I go to: http://www.runrev.com/store/ I see that all the PAYG options have "Updates included", whilst the Perpetuals do not - except Complete. This seems to suggest that 'updates' means from one major release to another,i.e. 5.0 to 5.5? Under the Gold column it says I can "Buy Upgrades", and if I click on it it offers me 'LiveCode Commercial' which isn't a package offered any more but happens to be the one I already own. This is reinforced when I log in to my account, there is a tab next to my 'Personal Licence' offering to Upgrade to 'Commercial' and for my 'Commercial Licence' a tab to 'Upgrade to Complete'. This seems to suggest that 'upgrade' means from one package to another. Also in my Account there are a bunch of 'Addons'. I can 'Buy addon' for 'Mobile Deployment: Android' understandably because I've never purchased it, but for reasons I don't understand there is ONLY one 'Update Addon' which is for 'Desktop Deployment Linux' even though I've never owned that either. So if I want to check out LC 6.0, is my only option to 'Update Addon' Linux, in which case it's completely pointless as I don't have a Linux box to develop on. What is it that I UPDATE (that is not an Upgrade or Addon) that will allow me to preview 6.0 on my Mac? I was expecting a button next to 'Desktop Deployment: Mac + Windows' which said "Update 6.0 Preview", but alas, nothing so simple. Any pointers? On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > Richmond wrote: > > 3. How many of them feel that a Linux version of Livecode at the same >> sort of pricing as the versions for Mac and Win is financially worth it. >> > > I finally took a moment to look at the new store pricing grid. Now I see > why folks are concerned. > > It's even worse than you describe, though what you describe is already > taken care of: > > It doesn't seem that it's possible to buy a license for ANY single desktop > platform. > > Linux hasn't been singled out: I don't see an option to buy for Mac or > Windows either. > > Even more confusing, the only single-platform licenses I can find are for > iOS and Android, but neither of those are development platforms so it's > unclear what you're getting with that. > > I could write several pages about the ROI of developing for the desktop vs > mobile, but fortunately for the readers here I have work to do. > > The key point is that the two aren't mutually exclusive. One should be > able to use LiveCode to develop for desktop, or mobile, or both, if they > choose. "Shut up and take my money!" > > Indeed, not offering a desktop-only option for any platform is so silly > that I have to assume it's an error that will be corrected before the day's > out. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ______________________________**______________________________**________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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<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 _______________________________________________ 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
