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Will upgrading to MC20 Windows require Mac clients to be upgraded to MC20?
6233638:
Will upgrading my Windows copy to MC20 require Mac clients to be upgraded to MC20 as well?
I know this happened in MC19 because there were a number of library format changes, but I don't know if that's just how things are going to be. (I would hope not)
glynor:
Generally, the client and the server versions must match.
6233638:
--- Quote from: glynor on July 30, 2014, 05:51:35 pm ---Generally, the client and the server versions must match.
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I could understand this restriction back when there was a single Media Center license, or perhaps big changes to the library format that required the new version, but now that there are three separate licenses I think this policy needs to be re-evaluated.
If MC20 for Mac gets something big like video support, that's a good reason to upgrade.
If I have to upgrade to MC20 for Mac just because I bought the upgrade for my PC, that's not cool.
You're essentially punishing people for buying an upgrade, instead of making them feel good about it.
JimH:
--- Quote from: 6233638 on July 30, 2014, 06:22:34 pm ---You're essentially punishing people for buying an upgrade, instead of making them feel good about it.
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It isn't glynor's fault. Nor ours. Sometimes we need to make changes that cause the problem you're concerned about. Sometimes not.
glynor:
--- Quote from: 6233638 on July 30, 2014, 06:22:34 pm ---You're essentially punishing people for buying an upgrade, instead of making them feel good about it.
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I get where you're coming from, but... There's still lots of software that is still licensed per-seat. Fewer now than before, but even with most of them, the license is subscription-based (so you have to pay each year, and there's usually not an "upgrade" discount).
I don't see this as a serious issue if the upgrade price is reasonable.*
--- Quote from: JimH on July 30, 2014, 09:03:13 pm ---Sometimes we need to make changes that cause the problem you're concerned about. Sometimes not.
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I wasn't sure that compatibility was always broken with major versions. Of course, I've typically just upgraded, so I don't know for sure how often this is true vs not. In any case, good to know it isn't an "always" thing.
* I should note... Maybe I'm a weirdo, but I know there are others. I prefer to pay for software, generally, even when there are free alternatives available. For example, on the App Store for my iOS devices, I honestly seek out paid-for apps, and am extremely hesitant to even download and try the free versions. Most of them are so crappy, or they require something else to make their money. There's nothing really free in this world.
I certainly wasn't always this way. Way, way back in the day, there was good, well-supported open source software. There still is, for certain things, but... I've been doing this a long time. They vanish a LOT. A project is the "One" for a long time, and then the community moves on, or the developers get bored (or more likely, they get out of college and get real jobs). That gets extremely tiring the 392nd time it happens and you've invested time and built a whole workflow and then stuff breaks and you never get fixes.
When you pay for it, you're buying into a sustainable business model. JRiver has been around for a long time. My investment of time hasn't been wasted and I've been using this software for over ten years now (actually, I think more like 13). I can't think of many free products of this quality, which still get regular updates, of which I can say the same. Because no one is paying for it.
To me, a fair price is a feature, not a bug.
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