[discussion] Schema of Valentina server licensing

[Lynn Fredricks]

> >Do you mean that FileMaker still issues updates to v4, even now that 
> >it's a version no longer sold?
> 
> No, of course not. They stopped updating 4 when when 5 came out. 
> However, a) they kept fixing 4 while working on 5, and b) despite 
> their currently shipping version 6, I could have recently updated my 
> copy of FMP 4 to whatever was last fix by fetching the updater from 
> their web site.
> 
> I have also just upgraded my CodeWarrior 4 to 7 and fetched all the 
> fixes for version 7 from Metrowerk's web site despite version 7 being 
> an old version. Same situation as for Filemaker.
> 
> All I ask for is that the same becomes true for Valentina.

It sounds like what you are saying is bug fixes get applied to the
shipping version, or maybe the previous shipping version, but new
features (and also incorporating those fixes) go into the next version.

Best regards,


Lynn Fredricks
President
Proactive International, LLC

http://www.proactive-intl.com