Ron and Wayne,
Good plan; excellent description and reasoning!
I appreciate the continued communication and commtment you both have shown
to us as users... and sometimes impatient non-readers. :-)
Let me know where to sign up to be part of the evolution...
73,
George .. W1ZT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron, K5DJ" <k5dj@writelog.com>
To: ""WriteLog Reflector"" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 5:59 PM
Subject: [WriteLog] WriteLog upgrade policy change come Jan-1st-2001
>
>
> Hello Everyone, Sometime ago Wayne posted a msg saying WriteLog would
have
> a policy change for registration codes come Jan 1st 2001. Time is almost
here
> and I figured I better make a posting since some of you will be losing the
> ability to install upgrades come Jan 1st. This is because your
registration
> code has run over One Year of free upgrades.
>
> Naturally you can use WL with the last version you downloaded forever if
you
> don't want to upgrade. If you do want to continue getting Upgrades from
our
> reflector announcements, or web page, you will need to pay a $30.00
upgrade
> fee, come Jan 1st. Then you will be able to continue getting upgrades for
> another year. There are many reasons for this. In the past kept Ver-8 for
> about 14 months. Ver-9 for 13 months. Many people e-mail me or call me
> asking when a new version coming out. New customers don't want to pay for
> Ver-10 if Ver-11 is just around the corner. We would like to eliminate
this
> question or concern.
>
> What we are going to do is, once any customer has purchased WL he will
> never have to pay the new price for first time customers. When a customer
> purchases WL he/she can install WL updates for One Year. All other WL
> customers get the same.. After your 12 months of free upgrades expires,
> you have another 12 months to buy an upgrade for a $30.00 upgrade fee. If
> you go more than 24 months without an upgrade, the price for an upgrade
> goes up to $50.00.
>
> Then you will have another year of upgrades for free no matter what they
> are. If we should come out with a new Version you get it free, just like
> it was an update. No matter what it is we come out with you will get if
> free.
>
> On the other hand if your happy with what you have. WL will continue to
> work just like it is now without getting a new registration code. Example:
> If you're happy with WL now and don't upgrade in 2001 and we come out with
> something you can't live with out in 2002 then you would have to pay
$50.00
> to upgrade since you missed one upgrade year.. However, $50.00 will be the
> most you ever have to pay for WL if your a previous user of any version
> starting with Ver-8. If you didn't upgrade for 3, 4 or 5 years, $50.00
would
> be the most you ever have to pay to upgrade to the current version. Any
> current customer starting with Ver-8 will never have to pay for a full
> version again, no matter what the "New User" cost of WriteLog is at that
> time..
>
> This policy change gives us the ability to keep you up to date with the
> latest features like we have in the past, but without having to hold back
> features for a new version ever 13 to 14 months. So we don't have any
plans
> to withhold features in favor of a new version. We have plenty of room in
> Ver-10 to keep adding features etc..
>
> To install the first WL update in 2001, those of you that purchased WL
> between January and September 2000 will need a new code even though the
> one you have is less than 12 months old. For the price of your upgrade,
> we will prorate the months you have already paid for at $2.50 per month.
> Note: This applies only to those who purchased WL between January 2000
> and September 2000. This sort of thing won't happen again in 2002 we will
> be a little better prepaired in 2002.
>
> At this time you can get 10.22B for free.. Address is below and it will
> work with you current registration code.. Address is below.. It's also on
> our Web Page under Downloads..
>
> http://www.writelog.com/Downloads/WL1022BUPG.ZIP
>
>
> 73, de Ron K5DJ
>
>
>
>
>
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