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KenR:
Here is some exciting news for DOpus fans, version 9 will be released on April 27th. Upgrade information is listed below and here is a preview of the new version.

GPSoftware is proud to announce the imminent release of a major upgrade to its flagship product, Directory Opus. This week, Version 9 passed through the company's rigorous Beta testing program thanks to the help of a dedicated team of Beta testers and is currently is undergoing final testing and certification.
This new version cements Directory Opus' place as the leading File Manager and Explorer Replacement for Windows. Directory Opus 9 raises the bar even higher for Windows File Managers providing full support for Windows Vista and a host of enhancements and new functionality.
    * Directory Opus 9 will be available for purchase and upgrade on April 27.
    * All registered users will be notified when the product is available for official upgrade. (DO check that your email address you have registered with us is up-to-date. Otherwise you may miss the important notice of your upgrade rights. You may check your registered details from the Licence Manager on the Support page.
    * There will be no increase in price for the new product. Pricing will remain the same at AUS$85.00 for a single Licence. (Around US$60-65 - unless the US dollar drops even further through the floor as it has been doing recently!)
    * All users who purchased after December 1, 2006 will automatically receive a free upgrade.
    * The upgrade pricing for all other users of Opus 8 will be AUS$50.00 for a single Licence with a sliding scale for extra licences.
    * A discounted upgrade will also be available for registered users of Opus 6. Pricing to be announced.
    * Version 9 has a new Licence which allows a registered user to also install the program on one personal laptop.
    * You will be able to run Opus from an external USB flash drive with the new licensing scheme. A USB export Licence will be required for each USB flash drive a cost of AUS$10.00 per Licence per device. These will be able for purchase at the time of order of the new version for new and existing users as required.


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http://www.gpsoft.com.au/index2.html

mouser:
ps1. i think dc members are still entitled to a 20% discount on directory opus.
ps2. that upgrade policy sounds very harsh (all purchases before dec 2006 have to pay to upgrade.. not even a year amnesty? yuck).
ps3. remember that these are AUStralian dollar amounts -- it's cheaper in US dollars.

Darwin:
Great... another expense on the horizon. This one's going to have to fly under my wife's radar or I'll be out on the deck, enjoying the night sky and solitude.

Seriously, I think that many of the new features are killer - opening new folders in tabs instead of new windows, running from a USB stick (the $10 surcharge sticks in my craw a bit, though especially given that the new license allows one run DOpus on two machines - I can't quite see why portability couldn't be covered under this), ability to launch DOpus via double-clicking the desktop even if the process is not running in the background (wonder if this is true, too, of double-clicking on folder icons on the desktop when in "Explorer Replacement" mode?), colour coding folders will be useful and will mean that I don't need to run a separate app to achieve this, etc. - but the upgrade price is steep. I purchased DOpus 6 and upgraded to 8 and eventually wound up buying a license for each of my computers (3). I feel that a 41% discount is a bit stingy (yes, I understand how a market economy works and that developers are entitled to set their own pricing) and I *hope* (against hope) that I'll have the strength to critically evaluate DOpus 9 before reaching for my wallet. I'm not too optimistic, though... My experience is that DOpus is worth every penny asked for it.

zridling:
Wow, great find Ken! I counted at least a dozen features that Directory Opus either copied or is finally catching up to XYplorer 5.x on. Wonder if they read the Forum and study the XYplorer betas? $50 (which is probably $40 USD) is a lot compared to XYplorer's Lifetime license, small size, portability, XML settings, System integration, etc. Like Darwin, I bought DOpus 6, skipped 7, and spent another $90 buying everything I wanted for version 8. They really should sell just one complete version. If they want to modularize it, then fine, but start with the portable/micro version and go up, rather than extracting features that should be part of every copy. (I say this because it makes for unfair comparisons with other file managers.)

Directory Opus is one of those programs that are so addictive that it really makes Windows a lot of fun. I spend the majority of my day among the browser, text editor, and file manager.

Darwin:
Hi Zaine,

I didn't mention XYplorer in my missive above, but it, and its very reasonably priced lifetime license, were on my mind as I wrote it. I have a license for XYplorer and have use it on a thumbdrive when I'm on a machine that doesn't have something more robust on it than Windows Explorer. I haven't quite gotten to the point of considering XYplorer indispensible (compared to DOpus) but considering the price and the feature set, it's very, very close. Too bad gpsoft didn't look at XYplorer's license more closely  ;)

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