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TucknDar:
Total Commander has proper lifetime license, and it's a heckuva lot cheaper than DOpus. I don't doubt that DOpus is an extraordinary Filemanager, but the price is crazy and so is the upgrad scheme, IMO.
I'll definitely stick with TC and it's excellent plugin system 8)
Darwin:
I think %40 off is OK for an upgrade price. I'd prefer more off, say 60%, or a lifetime upgrade, but 40% is fine.-Hirudin (April 12, 2007, 03:39 AM)
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I have to confess that when I did the math (and calculated the discount in percent) I almost didn't post about it - anything over 25% is pretty standard and 40% is actually higher than my seat of the pants estimate of a 30% average. It's just sticker shock on my part because their standard pricing is almost 45% higher than most of their competition ($70.50 US at today's exchange rate versus a "standard" of about $39.95) so their upgrade price is still higher than the cost of a full license for other products.
cthorpe:
Awesome! I purchased DO in January, so I get the free upgrade. Keep in mind when thinking about the upgrade policy that version 8 was available since 2005 with regular point updates. Those point updates were free. So yes you have to pay for major upgrades, but those don't come very often.
Having said that, I do think there should be a little more of a grace period for the free upgrade.
superboyac:
Yeah, DOpus' one "negative" has always been their pricing. But, damn, if it isn't one of the finest pieces of software ass around. Darwin's right, even though they are giving us a somewhat nice 40% discount for the upgrade, the original price is so expensive in the first place, that the upgrade fee alone is still more than the regular price of other software. Oh well, as long as the quality of the software remains excellent, then it's ok I guess.
superboyac:
Wow! Did you guys check out nudel's preview of the new v9? It's freakin amazing. Expensive or not, this program is crazy!
http://nudel.dopus.com/opus9/
Dopus is the shiznit!
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