Mike,
since we are getting fed some information. Can you give any comment on what
the price structure will/may be?
i.e.
a) Download Price
b) Price in Stores
c) Will there be a special price for 1.x users whom wish to upgrade.
Cheers in advance,
Grant.
On Monday 23 April 2001 16:40, you wrote:
> Last I heard, I thought we were getting ready to announce the much
> anticipated details of our upgrade. However, you might guess it's a
> collective process. I'm the lucky person who get's to stake his name to the
> final edition and send it out.
>
> Here's some advice at no charge for those trying to determine, do I buy
> now, do I
> wait so I can get an upgrade to 4.0.x (3.0 hasn't even hit yet). Please
> don't try
> determine future upgrades by what has happened in the past or by what will
> happen
> with 3.0. It will make you crazy.
>
> Mike
>
> At 04:16 AM 4/22/01 +0800, you wrote:
> >Now this may be premature,
> >
> >but as you have probably noticed on the Netraverse website the statement
> >"purchase version 2.0 and receive version 3.0 as a free upgrade" is
> > featured.
> >
> >Keeping this in mind ...
> >
> >I purchased a version 1.0 "with a free upgrade to version 2.0" and am now
> >faced with an interesting lack of knowledge on how much the upgrade to
> >version 3.0 will cost for a version 1.0 purchaser or if I will have to pay
> >for the full version 3.0 license and dump the version 1.0.
> >
> >So why would you buy version 2.0 now (being basically only backwards
> >compatible and not forwards) and get the free upgrade to version 3.0 when
> > you may be faced with an upgrade pricing issue for version 4.0 later
> > because you purchased version 2.0 and not version 3.0... see what I mean?
> >
> >Unless, of course, the version 1.0 purchaser is hit for the same cost as
> > the version 2.0 purchaser for the upgrade to version 3.0. Then the
> > precedent would be set for a 2 version jump and equality in pricing...
> > but what a quandry the version 1.0 purchaser is in when version 4.0 is
> > released... ouch my head hurts!
> >
> >Theoretically if a scale of was incorporated for this type of upgrade
> > regime then it would all work out in the end and by the time you
> > purchased version 10 after originally buying version 1.0 you would be
> > paying full price and restarting the cycle again.
> >
> >I guess no matter how you look at it ... someone buying version 2.0 now
> > just to stake claim to a version 3.0 license would have to be a
> > gambler...
> >
> >Well I guess I won't buy a copy after all. waiting, waiting, waiting...
> >
> >RKS
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