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Seriously? I *just purchased this software and now I'm being asked to upgrade!?
jmone:
--- Quote from: fitbrit on November 03, 2011, 04:12:09 pm ---jmone, do you have a record of how many builds there were per version too?
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Sure (I just went to the forum for each of MC14, 15, 16 and looked for the first built post / last build post) and get.... MC16 = 181, MC15 = 174, MC14 = 165. Anyway I get great value from MC and how the licencing works as I always upgrade as soon as I can... it is just a "feature" of the licencing system that there will always be someone feeling jipped by 1 day...2 days etc etc.
fitbrit:
--- Quote from: glynor on November 03, 2011, 04:16:04 pm ---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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To be fair, we're seasoned veterans and know to look for these signs. OP wasn't to know all that. It's like we're expert trackers!
jmone:
A thread like this appears every time the new release is made public.
fitbrit:
--- Quote from: jmone on November 03, 2011, 04:18:06 pm ---Sure (I just went to the forum for each of MC14, 15, 16 and looked for the first built post / last build post) and get.... MC16 = 181, MC15 = 174, MC14 = 165. Anyway I get great value from MC and how the licencing works as I always upgrade as soon as I can... it is just a "feature" of the licencing system that there will always be someone feeling jipped by 1 day...2 days etc etc.
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Thanks very much for doing that. I believe MC12 was 420+ and MC13 was relatively much shorter.
fitbrit:
--- Quote from: kwake on November 03, 2011, 04:13:51 pm ---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
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Yes, I do remember Jim making some exceptions, and that was very nice of him. It's good PR, but also encourages a trend for people to not take cut-offs and deadlines seriously.
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