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Re: [OFF] Subscription vs. Upgrade

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Subject: Re: [OFF] Subscription vs. Upgrade
From: Erik Mueller-Harder <lists at praxisworks dot com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:16:10 -0500
On Friday, February 21, 2003, Jerry Hamlet wrote:

> Since the issue of upgrading REALbasic has recently become
> possible, I noticed that RS offers a 1 year 'subscription' that
> gets you/me all upgrades for a year.
> 
> It's priced at almost double the upgrade price.
> 
> Now my question: what's the advantage to 'subscribing' over
> 'upgrading' if I do so immediately upon release of RB 5.0?
> 
> Considering that RS releases a paid upgrade twice a year
> (usually), I'd only be saving five cents over upgrading as I go.
> 
> Is there something I'm missing?

Actually, it costs five cents *more* to subscribe.  Unless, of course,
REAL raises (or lowers?!) the price for 5.5.

It also costs five cents *more* to buy a package than to buy a license
and the documentation & disk separately.

Such is the price of convenience, I guess....

Erik

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