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tinjaw h' u reached anywhere with Python, did u find it easy, just checking...-hulkbuster (May 03, 2010, 03:47 PM)
If you want to start with a scripting language, something like Python would be a much better choice.-f0dder (April 14, 2010, 05:44 PM)
I have registered it; no one else can get it instead.-Curt (April 15, 2010, 06:44 PM)
Why would you want to do this might I ask? Seems rather pointless. Also seems a touch dodgy as (buggy?) applications could well rely on those folders existing.-Eóin (April 11, 2010, 11:13 PM)
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I'll go cross-post this over there... but you haven't seen opinionated reviews until you have watched Zero Punctuation
I won't give you any hints. Just don't watch while you are drinking anything unless you have one of those plastic covers on your keyboard and a splash guard on your monitor.
may be this is the type of thing folks were hinting at in the 'In praise of opinionated reviews' thread.-ewemoa (December 02, 2008, 03:21 AM)
When 40%-Off Your Total Purchase Becomes 0.3%-Off
Posted by Chaim in Uncategorized
I received a “Come Back. We Miss You.” discount coupon from a major technical book publisher. They said that I could get 40% off my total purchase. Great, I thought. They wanted to incent me to buy some books (IOW spend some money with them) that I wouldn’t otherwise have done without the discount coupon. This would have worked, but didn’t.
As many programmers I have two list of books. One is the list of books I want/need. I purchase these books (yes, often with discounts) because I am willing to part with my cash for them. Then there is the second list of books; books that I might like to get, but aren’t will it part with money for because there are other things that would give me better value for my money. However, I can be persuaded to purchase the items on the second list if I get a deeper-than-normal discount. I thought I has received an offer of the latter type. Turns out I was wrong.
Here’s the deal. This publisher sells print and ebook versions of their titles. If you purchase both at the same time, you get a significant discount on the ebook. For example, $44.99 for print, $35.99 for ebook, or buy the $44.99 print version and for $4.50 more, you can get the ebook. Basically add 10% to get the ebook bundled. I put 4 print+ebook bundles in my shopping cart. That totaled $159.46. I expected to be able to use my 40% coupon and get that for $95.68. That’s a great price and would push me to purchase close to $100 worth of merchandise from this vendor that I wouldn’t have otherwise spent.
But that is not the case. Why? When I added the discount code they un-bundled the ebook from the print book. This meant that I got 40% off the non-bundled (i.e. $44.99 + $35.99) price instead of the bundled price ($49.49). This meant that instead of $95.68 my cost would be $158.95. Significantly higher and only 0.3% discount.
I didn’t make the purchase and they lost $95.68 that I was ready to give them.
Am I being greedy? I’d like to hear your thoughts?
Only true if that was the upgrade policy when you bought. Just because the most common policy now seems to have 'minor' version upgrades free with 'major' versions costing doesn't mean you can assume it will be true for all software. They seem currently to be operating a policy where upgrades are free for a year. It's up to them what the policy is (and I've certainly seen much meaner policies than this). And .1 increments on some apps are as big as 1.0 increments on others.-Dormouse (February 24, 2010, 06:26 PM)
Purchasing any product entitles you to free support and free upgrades for one year from the date of purchase.
Hello,
I don't remember which version I have. I don't remember when I purchased.
I will pay the $19.95 to get the new version.
That said...
I can only feel you yourself knows this isn't kosher.
1) If it is only an UPDATE from 3.0 to 3.1 (which is what a .1 increment is) than I should get it free if I own 3.x. Period. End of sentence. I paid for 3.x. It is mine.
2) If it is a significant investment in resource that you expended for things like cleaning up code, fixing bugs, or adding lots of (albiet necessary) code for small added functionality. That was an investment you made. Don't make me pay for it just to get a .1 increase in functionality.
3) If you made enough changes that it is worth an additional cost, then stand up and call it 4.0 and defend your choice to do so.
As it is now it seems you are too embarassed to call it 4.0 because you know it isn't worthy of that designation, but you did a lot of work and you want more money.
As a software developer myself, I don't care how much time/resources you expended to add funtionality. All I care about is the value to me, as the purchaser. If you hold back functionality in 3.1 and 3.2, etc. for version 4, so be it.
I am very busy, so I hope I have gotten my point across quickly. If you wish to discuss this more, I can write more later.
Either way, good product. Don't use it much, but that is the nature of my work. It is a good tool when I have a problem your tool addresses.
Peace,
Chaim
Quoting SweetScape Software <[email protected]>:
> Hello Chaim Krause
>
> SweetScape is pleased to announce the availability of version 3.1 of
> 010 Editor and we invite you to download it from the following link:
>
> http://www.sweetscap...0EditorInstaller.exe
>
> Version 3.1 adds support for the UTF-8 character set, additional
> preprocessor directives (#define/#ifdef/#ifndef/etc), support
> for unicode strings in templates (wstring/wchar_t), the ability
> to run 010 Editor from the command line without a user interface
> (-noui), support for variable comments, support for arguments to
> structures, plus much more. The full list of changes is
> available on our website:
>
> http://www.sweetscap...r/release_notes.html
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> UPGRADING AND PRICING
>
> If you purchased 010 Editor within the last year, you are
> eligible for a free upgrade to version 3.1, but if you purchased
> 010 Editor more than a year ago you will have to purchase an
> upgrade to use the new version. If you do require an upgrade,
> the new version can be used as a 30-day trial to see if you
> would like to upgrade.
>
> The easiest way to determine if you require an upgrade is to
> click 'Tools > Register' on the 010 Editor main menu.
> If using 010 Editor 3.0, you should see a line near the bottom
> that says 'Support/Maintenance (Free Upgrades) Expires:'. If
> the date listed there is before the official release date
> (February 16th, 2010), you will require an upgrade. Note that
> if you are eligible for a free upgrade, you do not have to
> obtain a new license and your old license will automatically
> work with the new version (yes, it is a smart license).
>
> To purchase an upgrade costs $39.95 for a commercial license or
> $19.95 for a home/academic license. Multi-user discounts are
> available and purchases can be made from our online store:
>
> http://www.sweetscape.com/store/
>
> Note that you can only have version 3.1 or 3.0 installed at the
> same time and you can install 3.1 directly over 3.0 (no need
> to uninstall the old version).
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------