Hi everyone, Just a quick topic change to make sure no students who paid the full price for Versions (and read the list) miss this.
If you bought Versions before EDU pricing (€ 25 for a student copy) was announced: see Koen's email below. Cheers, - Dirk the Versions team On Dec 11, 8:49 pm, Koen Bok <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Marijn, > > Thanks for understanding. If you or anyone else is in the same > situation (bought a full license as a student before EDU pricing) send > an email to support with a scan of your student card and we'll gladly > refund you the difference. > > Kindest regards, > > Koen Bok - madebysofa.com > > On Dec 11, 8:34 pm, Marijn Huizendveld <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > Now that the issue around the educational pricing is resolved I > > finally feel I can voice my opinion. Although there are a lot of > > software companies (i.e. giant corporations with software monopolies) > > out there that really charge crazy prices I think that in the case of > > the versions team we can safely say they don't. I understand that > > Versions might be a little bit more expensive if you're not from > > europe but on the other hand people from europe get terrible > > conversions rates for their euros when it comes to soft- and hardware > > that is distributed by USA based companies. > > I also understand that it is too bad the team didn't respond within > > the timeframe they set out themselves. But, as this software is mostly > > used by people that are developers themselves, I think we all know > > that sometimes it's just impossible to get things done within the > > timeframe you set out, and like the team said many times before: EDU > > pricing was no priority over solving bugs. I think a lot of companies > > can learn from that... > > I understand that the software can take up a very large sum of your > > budget as a student, I know because I'm one myself. Although that > > might be the case I bought a license last week for the full price > > because I wanted/needed the software. It didn't matter much to me, > > besides using this for a very few student related tasks, I mostly use > > the software business related and think that I therefor should pay up. > > Just as much as I hate being raped by Adobe by charging me nearly > > €1000 for an upgrade to CS4 from CS2 I paid it as well because the > > software allows me to do my job which then again earns me my paycheck. > > Please take the time to think about what your sales and profit have > > been last year, then think about what your investments in capital have > > been and estimate your profit margin... Now think again about the > > price you are paying for this software... Do you still think it's > > insanely priced? Or do you really only need it for your study...? > > Cause in that case you can always switch to an open source solution or > > the command line which might not be as (visually) appealing as > > versions but it solves your budget problems and does the job as well. > > > This is in no way meant to kiss up to the Versions team, its just that > > I really thought there was a great atmosphere on this list until we > > hit the first release when suddenly everybody started to act really > > indecent. I really hope that we can put this behind us and be glad > > that there is finally a great GUI SVN client for the Mac. > > > Kind regards, > > > Marijn > > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 8:10 PM, Dirk Stoop wrote: > > > > Thanks Davey, > > > > Good catch :) > > > > It's spelled correctly now. > > > > - Dirk > > > the Versions team > > > > On Dec 11, 6:30 pm, Davey Shafik <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> "Site licenses are also available, pricing for those starts to get > > >> intersting if you need more than 100 licenses for Versions. Tell us > > >> what your needs are and we'll gladly work out a cost-effective > > >> offer." > > > >> you misspelled interEsting :) > > > >> - Davey > > > >> On Dec 11, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Koen Bok wrote: > > > >>> Dear all, > > > >>> We announced Volume and EDU pricing. Seehttps:// > > >>> register.madebysofa.com/versions/buy > > >>> for the details and sorry to keep you waiting. > > > >>> Kindest regards, > > > >>> Koen Bok - madebysofa.com > > > >>> On Dec 10, 7:37 pm, Kerri Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> On Dec 10, 2008, at 10:24 AM, buckthorn wrote: > > > >>>>> Pressing them (politely > > >>>>> and respectfully) for definitive info on this is entirely > > >>>>> justified. > > > >>>> 2 key words there :) > > > >>>> -k- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. 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/versions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
