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Here We Are.! Where to Next?

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  • Lenny Forziati
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    Re: Here We Are.! Where to Next?

    You can contact Alpha Customer Service at 781-229-4500 or [email protected] for any purchasing questions.

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  • Windstarsoftware
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    I still deal with users everyday running windows XP and NT. I hear from new clients each week saying they want an app on the DT and not a web based app. My competitor is pushing a web based app it my sale have gone up due to it. As time goes forward more people are wanting to have full control over an app and the feeling of safety in having it on their own computer. There is a big market for web based apps but the DT is far from dead.

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  • forskare
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    Originally posted by Windstarsoftware View Post
    I stayed with V11.5 for DT. There is nothing new in V12 for DT and that's where I want to be. There is still a big demand for DT apps.
    Yes there is but unfortunately AS does not agree. At this point, there is no way no reason and no purpose for DT only users to migrate to AA. Essentially, V11 is the end of the line for the DT. That said, one can use WCD or the web components on the desktop which is what AS thinks you will do. However, not all components work on the DT and it is mixing oranges and apples. Additionally, in order for an apple to be served up, the orange must first be peeled or the apple cannot be eaten.

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  • Windstarsoftware
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    I stayed with V11.5 for DT. There is nothing new in V12 for DT and that's where I want to be. There is still a big demand for DT apps.

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  • Ray in Capetown
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    Originally posted by martinwcole View Post
    You can buy the desktop only and it will include the runtime - contact sales. I know because I bought it that way.
    I think I just bought what you and Vince describe, Just got a call from sales, quick and easy.
    Last edited by Ray in Capetown; March 25, 2014, 12:10 PM.

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  • kkfin
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    Re: Here We Are.! Where to Next?

    Originally posted by martinwcole View Post
    Ray,
    Yes it was V12. I bought a subscription that DID NOT include the WAS - significantly less that the full monty.
    The main thing is that if you want anything contact your salesman[/U].
    Good old times are back!

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  • martinwcole
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    Ray,
    Yes it was V12. I bought a subscription that DID NOT include the WAS - significantly less that the full monty.
    The main thing is that if you want anything contact your salesman[/U].

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  • kkfin
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    Re: Here We Are.! Where to Next?

    Originally posted by forskare View Post
    That is flawed logic. It assumes there is a need for WAS. DT does not need it.
    You can always sell it if you get it as a bargain. Many are ready to pay it 999 alone.

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  • forskare
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    Re: Here We Are.! Where to Next?

    That is flawed logic. It assumes there is a need for WAS. DT does not need it.

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  • kkfin
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    Re: Here We Are.! Where to Next?

    Originally posted by Vince McGinnis View Post
    I talked to sales in February and they sold me the DT version and the Runtime. I did not get the web server. It included one year of updates.
    I wonder why you did not get the web server. At the time it was free included to the developer.

    But the logic today seems to be that if desktop developer needs to have runtime he needs to buy Was server and gets runtime free.

    So I suppose that if web developer needs to have Was server he has to buy runtime and then gets server free.

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  • Vince McGinnis
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    Re: Here We Are.! Where to Next?

    I talked to sales in February and they sold me the DT version and the Runtime. I did not get the web server. It included one year of updates.

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  • Ray in Capetown
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    Re: Here We Are.! Where to Next?

    Originally posted by martinwcole View Post
    You can buy the desktop only and it will include the runtime - contact sales. I know because I bought it that way.
    was that v12 (AA) Martin?
    I've just mailed sales - as many times as I read the offerings I interpret DT runtime attached to the WAS purchase.

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  • forskare
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    Yup, and that is one reason why I started this thread and sent an email to Richard. I have had 2 subscriptions thus far and as best I can remember, there has only been one item that was released for subscribers only and that was not to long after the subscriptions first began. Frankly, I see no need whatsoever for a subscription. At lest, Alpha has not been able to communicate that message to me, you and many others. For some reason, Alpha's always had a tough time coming up with a pricing strategy. Coming up with all these sales does not help the situation.

    Sale after sale can indicate instability. sales are extended for one reason only, it flopped. If its successful, there is not need to extend it nor should it be. Extended sales send the wrong message, a message of failure and insecurity. Insecure that it flopped and trying a last gasp effort. Customers need to now a vendor is of their word. End the sale and move on. Extending sales as often as Alpha has done has promulgated a feeling of , why buy now, even it it ends, they'll just extend it or bring it back in a few weeks. Sales deadlines are for creating a sense of urgency and when they are not kept, that sense is GONE!!!!
    Last edited by forskare; March 24, 2014, 01:59 PM.

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  • Marcus Richard
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    Originally posted by forskare View Post
    If the prior includes updates, then, in effect, one has a subscription, correct?
    Basically, you are correct. But I believe a subscription does offer a few bonuses in the year the both would be valid above the straightout purchase. Although I couldn't mention them since I do not have a subscription but purchased the product with 1 year of updates. But I do know that subscribers are getting e-mails with certain content that (let's call them) "purchasers" do not get.
    The question however is why you would purchase a subscription above purchasing straightout. I didn't...... and when enough changes, I'll (maybe) purchase again.....

    I also know, that the change from "subscription only" to having a system where you could also purchase WAS made quite instantly after it appeared that the "subscription only" system was not going to work. Alpha does have a track record of making snap decisions that way. Mostly it's only later when the problems occur that those snap decisions created. The fact that there does not seem to be much reason to purchase a subscription anymore does seem to be one of those "problems". Just saying.... dunno.....

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  • preston2
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    Re: Here We Are.! Where to Next?

    Originally posted by forskare View Post
    To Preston,

    No one should go by old website information but rather what's on the 'official' web site. That is what rules. That is what one goes by. Currently, it does lack a bit of clarity, hence this thread. I did send an email to Richard and hopefully, will get clarification.
    I did not say go by old website information. I said what used to be offered by Alpha and then what Dave McCormick told me last week. When I asked about the Report Server Selwyn Rabins responded that it is built in now. The references to what used to be on the website was just to point out what I have seen change from when I first started using Alpha to what they are doing today.

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