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Seriously? I *just purchased this software and now I'm being asked to upgrade!?
glynor:
--- Quote from: fitbrit on November 03, 2011, 04:07:32 pm ---But glynor got on with his life and probably didn't bring it up much until today (after an initial fuming), may I hazard to guess?
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Exactly.
My wife got an earful. No one else cared. I forgot the next day, mostly.
And that was $80 or something like that.
fitbrit:
--- Quote from: jmone on November 03, 2011, 04:03:46 pm ---FYI, for the last few years the release cycle for a new Version is 9-10months (publically avail version of MC14 was June 09, MC15 Apr 10, MC16 Jan 11, MC17 Oct 11). The current licencing system means there will always be a line that someone will be on the wrong side of. The only other system I know that a few have moved to is a licence that provides 12months of updates from the date of purchase (of course this is not what JR currently offers).
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If one buys into an early build of a new version, one does get the improvements, bug fixes and new features of at least 100 new builds though. I think MC12 had over 400 builds when I bought it. Although, the normal JRiver user doesn't know when a new build is imminent before its announcement, it might be safe to say that if a product has been out over 9 months and has 150+ builds, there may be something new in the pipeline.
jmone, do you have a record of how many builds there were per version too?
kwake:
I'm also a longtime MC fan/user. Because of this, I'm willing to bet that if the poster had sent a private mail to Jim, instead of a public rant, that something may have been able to be worked out (Jim may actually still be willing to help him out - but perhaps not publicly).
Also, if you think you'll be wanting MC17 in 6 months, why not pay the 20 now, continue using MC16 until MC17 is released, and be happy to have saved 8 bucks.
Personally, I'm going to get the upgrade now at the discount, because I'm sure MC17 will turn out to be awesome, as usually has been the case with the other versions. Looking forward to working with JRiver on the MC17 Beta (I'm about to post an idea about automagic lyrics tag population!)
Kwake
fitbrit:
--- Quote from: glynor on November 03, 2011, 04:11:48 pm ---Exactly.
My wife got an earful. No one else cared. I forgot the next day, mostly.
And that was $80 or something like that.
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Well, maybe I'm being harsh on the OP... this is likely his initial fuming. I hope he upgrades and is happy with MC17. Strictly speaking though, he's not being asked to upgrade, he's being offered an upgrade at a discounted price.
glynor:
--- Quote from: fitbrit on November 03, 2011, 04:12:09 pm ---If one buys into an early build of a new version, one does get the improvements, bug fixes and new features of at least 100 new builds though. I think MC12 had over 400 builds when I bought it. Although, the normal JRiver user doesn't know when a new build is imminent before its announcement, it might be safe to say that if a product has been out over 9 months and has 150+ builds, there may be something new in the pipeline.
jmone, do you have a record of how many builds there were per version too?
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If you're paying attention, you can tell not by the number of builds (which has varied greatly over the years I've been using their product), but by the "time distance between builds".
If the "sticky build" at the top of the public forum is more than 15-20 days old, the one before that lasted a similarly "long" time, and you're thinking about buying (and ESPECIALLY if the build number is more than 100 or so)?
I'd probably use my trial period out, wait, and see what happens for a couple weeks.
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