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Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

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    Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

    Alpha Five V4.5 is now available for purchase at www.alphasoftware.com.

    The cost of the upgrade is $79. The upgrade price can be applied in full toward the cost of the Version 5 upgrade when it ships later this year.

    Thank You.

    #2
    RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

    I note that the Upgrade price shown in your e-mail is $79.00 but when I went to order the price is shown is $125.00. Could you please explain the difference?

    Thanks,

    Robert Yeo

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      #3
      RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

      Please forget my previous post. I see where the 79.00 upgrade is for V4 owners and the 125.00 is for owners of previous versions.

      Robert Yeo

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        #4
        RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

        Selwyn,

        The price for the A5 V4.5 runtime is $199. Will this price also be applied to the A5 V5 runtime?

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          #5
          RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

          I'm not Selwyn, but "YES", it will be applied as stated in his previous announcements.

          kenn
          TYVM :) kenn

          Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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            #6
            RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

            Ken is correct.

            Thanks
            Richard Rabins
            Richard Rabins
            Co Chairman
            Alpha Software

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              #7
              RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

              Am i correct in understanding the that price of full runtime version is USD199/-? Especially for the firt time buyer? I may consider purchasing it.

              In otherwords, I can deploy an application to the users as an application for those users who do not have A5 software?

              Please advise,

              Regardss,

              Miku

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                #8
                RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

                I think 199.00 is to upgrade if you already have a runtime. Otherwise the full price is 499.00 (495.00 download version). Check the Alpha Software products web pages...

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                  #9
                  RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

                  Selwyn,

                  Thanks for the offer of transferring the purchase cost of version 4.5 completely to version 5. However, without knowing what version 5 will cost, I'm leery of jumping in.

                  For example, if version 5 costs only $50 more, then I'd likely get it. But if it costs $250 more, then I'd likely not get either.

                  2 QUESTIONS
                  1) When will we have a firm price on version 5?
                  2) Will this offer still be available after version 5 is released? (I expect not, but you never know...)

                  And one more
                  3) And if the answer to (1) is "when it is released" and the answer to (2) is no, then where does that leave us???

                  Thanks.
                  Bruce Fraser

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                    #10
                    RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

                    Hi Bruce,

                    I've had some contact w/Selwyn not too long ago about the cost of V5. My guess is that it will be competive to other databases. He will need to be compteively priced to win a larger share of the database market. You might want to check out the prices of Access, Paradox, and the others. You'll also need to compare features. I can tell you that Paradox 9 is not even in the league of V4.5 much less v5. I also use Access 97 and would pay more for A5v4.5 than for A97 simply because A5 is considerably more robust and flexible. So, as you see, price alone should not be the deciding factor if v5 is competively priced.

                    Selwyn may not have given much thought to question #2. If it were me, I would offer v4.5 for as long as the supply of disks lasted.

                    I offered my take on this as Selwyn and his staff are moving into larger quarters and I'm sure his time is limited. Hope this is of some help to you.

                    kenn
                    TYVM :) kenn

                    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                      #11
                      RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

                      Bruce,

                      When I first started inquiring about Alpha 5 V 4.5 and V 5.0 I e-mailed Alpha's sales group with a number of questions, including the proposed price of Version 5.0.

                      I was told at that time that the anticipated price of Version 5.0 would be about $250.00.

                      If you have downloaded and read the 100 plus pages of new features in Version 5.0, you would certainly agree that another $100.00 is a bargain.

                      Hope this helps you in making a decision.

                      Brent Warwick

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                        #12
                        RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

                        Hello Folks,

                        Alpha 4.5 - no doubt it is an excellent product. Hence the reason to purchase one sometime back (last month). On the basis that the upgrade to verson 5 will be available at no additional cost.

                        Following this thread, it appear to me that the release will carry an upgrade price tag.

                        Now, I wonder what is the correct position?

                        Please advise.

                        Regards,

                        Miku

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                          #13
                          RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

                          Miku,

                          If you purchased the 4.5 upgrade on the basis that v4 wil be available at no additional cost, you have misunderstood. The 4.5 upgrade price will be applied to the cost of v5. Thus, if the cost of v5 (and I said IF) is $250, then you would actually pay $171. I have not seen or heard anyone say that there would be no additional charge for v5.

                          With all the features that will be included in v5, I'm not sure I'd classify it as an ugrade but rather a huge, major face lift.

                          kenn
                          TYVM :) kenn

                          Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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                            #14
                            RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

                            Ah, that is so then. Actually, I bought the full product at USD145.00 via the web download.

                            And "if" it cost USD250/-, then the upgrade price is USD105. Right? Based on their site's pare, "The cost of your V4.5 purchase will be applied in full to your V5 upgrade."

                            Still, no problem. A good deal.

                            Anxiously awaiting the eventual release.

                            Miku

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                              #15
                              RE: Alpha Five V4.5 Now Available

                              Ken,
                              I wouldn't call ver. 5 a "face lift", rather, revolutionary might be closer to the truth.
                              Peter
                              AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

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