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-
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