At 06:04 22/07/2004 -0700, Richard Gaskin wrote:
As for the licensing stuff, I haven't yet read a post from Kevin describing what will happen with license holders for the about-to-be-end-of-lifed Express (did I miss it?).
Yes, it's in the FAQ mentioned in Kevin's announcement email An FAQ on the changes to Express can be found here: http://www.runrev.com/express/expresstodreamcard.shtml
Because there is nothing in the new product lineup that matches the old Express product, the question is whether those licenses are downgraded to the new DreamCard or upgraded to Studio. Of course a free upgrade to Studio would be heroic of them, but it might still be good if there were an attractively-priced upgrade option to carry Express users forward.
There's a very attractively priced upgrade at "your next update cycle"
For your next update pack only, you can cross grade to Studio for $99, the cost of an old style Express update pack.
I think that's pretty good (as Bob called it "a very generous $99")
But thereafter the annual cost has gone up from $99 to $199 - i.e. more per year than the initial purchase of Express cost you.
For myself, I'm glad there's now a clearer differentiation between the products. I could never quite remember all of the distinctions among them, and making DreamCard more obviously a hobbyist product helps clarify the product line as a whole.
When comparing prices with other products remember to account for total costs. I'm not familiar enough with either set of packages to make a comparison (I bought a MetaCard license years ago which was only available for $995 and never regetted it), but the issue has come up on other lists and last time I read such a thread Rev's prices were ultimately on par.
Well, just 10 days ago I bought my first license - Express plus a one year update bundle.
Now I find that there will be no updates on the product I bought.
Tell me again - why should I be happy about it ?
(And I won't even mention the fact that I bought it in the UK, at 40% more than the USD prices we generally talk about).
-- Alex.
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