Re: Avantquest?
Well, here we are 8 months later, and just last week I got another mail shot from Alpha. This time for a 2 licence developer edition at an upgrade price of $199, plus a runtime licence for another $99. A5 v10.5 does all I want, but I so like the product that I don't mind upgrading - but not at any price.
The $298 price should be about �190 sterling - quite affordable, so I clicked the link to find that as I am in the UK I am forbidden to purchase from the main Alpha site, having instead to go to www.alphasoftware.co.uk. However, this is a dead site, yet is still registered to a Jill McSweeney, trading as CMITS.net of 10 Briery Meadows Barnsley S73 0QW.
Aventquest's site have no mention of A5 on their front menus, so a search has to be made. However, looking at the v11 Developer on their site, I see no mention of two licences, plus the price for this without the runtime is �261. (over $400!). To buy the runtime alone is �375 (over $575!). For Developer and Runtime as a bundle, the price is �598.80 (over $900 - three times the mailshot upgrade price!!!)
Seems to me that users this side of the pond are expected to provided someone some handsome profit (probably mostly for Aventquest). It's not going to be from me though, as at this price I'll still stick with v10.5.
David.
Well, here we are 8 months later, and just last week I got another mail shot from Alpha. This time for a 2 licence developer edition at an upgrade price of $199, plus a runtime licence for another $99. A5 v10.5 does all I want, but I so like the product that I don't mind upgrading - but not at any price.
The $298 price should be about �190 sterling - quite affordable, so I clicked the link to find that as I am in the UK I am forbidden to purchase from the main Alpha site, having instead to go to www.alphasoftware.co.uk. However, this is a dead site, yet is still registered to a Jill McSweeney, trading as CMITS.net of 10 Briery Meadows Barnsley S73 0QW.
Aventquest's site have no mention of A5 on their front menus, so a search has to be made. However, looking at the v11 Developer on their site, I see no mention of two licences, plus the price for this without the runtime is �261. (over $400!). To buy the runtime alone is �375 (over $575!). For Developer and Runtime as a bundle, the price is �598.80 (over $900 - three times the mailshot upgrade price!!!)
Seems to me that users this side of the pond are expected to provided someone some handsome profit (probably mostly for Aventquest). It's not going to be from me though, as at this price I'll still stick with v10.5.
David.
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