FW: V4 Upgrade

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

Interesting letter, so I am sending it to both lists.
Also I think we all should discuss this on MAIN Valentina list.


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From: Lynn Fredricks <lynn at paradigmasoft.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 16:37:24 -0800
To: 'Neal Campbell K3NC' <nealk3nc at gmail.com>
Cc: 'Ruslan Zasukhin' <ruslan at paradigmasoft.com>
Subject: RE: V4 Upgrade

Hi Neal,

> Yes, that is correct.
> 
> I did see in the document (after sending my note) that you
> have separated the VStudio option into a different product
> than the plain  
> ADK+.

There are going to be two different Vstudios - "Admin" and "Pro".



> It looks to me like you have increased the number of product "lines"
> quite a bit
> ADK
> ADK+
> ADK+ with Vstudio
> ADK with reports
> ADK+ with reports
> ADK+ with VStudio with reports.
> Is that incorrect?

Various options, yes.

ADK by itself doesn't come with any Vstudio.
ADK + (which is the successor to ADK Pro) does.

Reports is a new option, and its licensed by the "ADK" type.


> Also, you are now separating the ADK+ from being language dependent?
> So, since I own 7 ADK licenses (in effect), could I go to 2
> revs (mac,pc), 2 RB (mac,pc), 1 .net, 1. php. 1 cocoa under
> the "upgrade"  
> plan?
> 
> I am not saying I would, it just leaves that door open if I
> understood it correctly.

You don't really need to worry about PHP. There really isnt a "local" option
for that, and its already supported on the server - so if you go with VDN,
you can program the server side with PHP or Ruby on Rails.

VDN Pro renewal is $1,199.40 with reports, and $599.40 without reports, and
that would also upgrade your Valentina Studio license as well. This would
get your Embedded Server, too. That would cover five of the six. Then you
could just upgrade one of the ADKs separately.

If you only want ADKs, you can in effect upgrade six ADKs by renewing two
sets of three as ADK +, which would be $239.99 * 2. However that doesn't
include upgrades for Valentina Studio.

This is why we came up with a guide - its going to be easy for new customers
to make choices, but the transition for other customers makes you really
think about what you want.

Something else to keep in mind - if you upgrade your current products now,
you can do so under our current plans - ie according to the current price
schedule. They'd be good through the duration of that new term.

Best regards,

Lynn Fredricks
President
Paradigma Software
http://www.paradigmasoft.com

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