Dennis said>Eventually one of your
many new feature releases will make it imperative for them to upgrade.
The new release that will make it inperitive for me to upgrade will be the
release that FULLY UTILIZES the dual core processing abilities of the newer
generations of computers.
I never optimize, backtest or any of that. 100% of my use of Amibroker
involves finding the central core of the last 100 days of rsi ,
stochastic_K and stochastic_D. Ron D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Brown" <see3d@xxxxxxxxcom>
To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired
> Tomasz,
>
> Thank you for spelling out for everyone the details of your upgrades.
>
> I have always maintained that I would rather have a program written by
> one dedicated and passionate programmer, than a dozen half hearted
> "corporate" programmers --more interested in the next coffee
break
> than their product.
>
> People don't always understand that your dedication to AmiBroker and
> programming your skill has made it possible to have a low overhead
> cost structure while providing very active development of new
> features. You are providing the best of all worlds that results in a
> superior value.
>
> Even though I intend to support you by staying with the latest version
> as long as I am using AB, it is true that some will only upgrade when
> there is a new feature they want to take advantage of. The feature
> might be support for a new hardware platform that they want to use AB
> on, a new program function that they need to advance their trading
> with, or perhaps to run someone else's AFL. Eventually one of your
> many new feature releases will make it imperative for them to upgrade.
>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Dennis
>
> On May 29, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Tomasz Janeczko (groups) wrote:
>
>> Major upgrade is the upgrade that adds major number of new features.
>> Each our 0.01 beta is more "MAJOR" than major releases of
other T/A
>> softwares.
>>
>> Therefore it is more than justified to call 0.1, MAJOR upgrade
>> especially considering the fact
>> that AB version number consists of THREE parts:
>> X.WY.Z
>>
>> Where
>> X is incremented just when W generates carry over (9->0)
>> W increases with major release that is cumulative version of TEN
>> previous
>> (beta) versions each containing a couple of NEW features
>> Y increases with each BETA that contains NEW FEATURES
>> Z increases with versions that contain only hot-fixes and bug-fixes
>>
>>
>> You are just spoiled receiving FREE upgrades for FOUR years, even
>> though
>> I originally promised that 5x0.10 major release cycle will span
>> only one year.
>> It was my goodwill to add MORE new features in each and every +0.10
>> increment.
>>
>> If I was doing business "IT industry standard way" I would
add ONE
>> new feature
>> per 0.10 upgrade. Instead you got a couple of new features every
>> 0.01 BETA.
>>
>> So our 0.10 is SUPER MAJOR release as compared to "IT
standard".
>>
>> Now $99 is a fee for 12 month period if there are more 3 or more
>> than 3 0.1 releases
>> during 12 month period. Other companies would charge you more than
>> that
>> for EACH upgrade.
>>
>> Frankly speaking I would love to purchase the software that uses
>> the same upgrade policy as AmiBroker, but I don't find any (among ones
>> I am interested in). Everyone charges for each and every upgrade and
>> the sums
>> are much larger than that.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Tomasz Janeczko
>> amibroker.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "original_nightstalker" <nightstalker@fastmail.fm>
>> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:21 PM
>> Subject: [amibroker] Re: RC1 telling me my reg has expired
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Apologies - let me correct the misunderstanding. I didn't mean to
>>> imply that I HAD been paying $99 for every 12 months. But from now
>>> on, according to the website, $99 is the upgrade fee for the next
12
>>> months. In other words, to stay fully up to date, would cost $99
per
>>> year. At least, that's how I read the info on the website.
>>>
>>> I'm not for one moment trying to imply that Tomasz doesn't deserve
>>> the
>>> income - of course he does. I've been a fervent AmiBroker user,
fan,
>>> and recommender for several years and will continue to do so.
>>>
>>> It's just that we're starting to get into the realms of the Law of
>>> Diminishing Returns, where the outlay goes up disproportionately
to
>>> the amount of new features that I actually need or would use.
>>>
>>> I'm still very happy with my v5.09 beta - it does everything I use
it
>>> for without a hitch. So I'll simply keep on using it.
>>>
>>> The version numbering is something that I find a little confusing
-
>>> I've been involved in computers for over 35 years, and MAJOR
upgrades
>>> usually involve an increment in the number to the left of the
decimal
>>> point. Minor upgrades increase the number to the right of the
>>> decimal
>>> point. That has been the de facto standard for version numbering
>>> throughout the IT industry as I've known it since the mid-1970s.
>>> Hence my somewhat befuddled surprise that 5.10 was considered a
MAJOR
>>> upgrade. I'd have called it version 6 if that was the case.
Version
>>> 5.10 would normally be seen as an UPDATE rather than an UPGRADE -
if
>>> you see what I mean.
>>>
>>> Gee - I really hate to be picky - it's not usually like me at all
;)
>>>
>>> Hope that has cleared up my statement about paying $99 per year -
>>> referring to the future from now on, rather than the past until
now.
>>>
>>> Regards, Pete, Brisbane,
Australia.
>>> ====================================
>>>
>>> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com,
"dingo" <dingo@xxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Not trying to beat you up about your decision but I seriously
doubt
>>> you've
>>>> been having to pay for upgrades every 12 months. You might
want to
>>> revisit
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> d
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>>>
>>> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
>>> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>>>
>>> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG:
>>> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>>>
>>> For other support material please check also:
>>> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------
>>
>> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>>
>> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
>> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>>
>> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG:
>> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>>
>> For other support material please check also:
>> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Please note that this group is for discussion between users only.
>
> To get support from AmiBroker please send an e-mail directly to
> SUPPORT {at} amibroker.com
>
> For NEW RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENTS and other news always check DEVLOG:
> http://www.amibroker.com/devlog/
>
> For other support material please check also:
> http://www.amibroker.com/support.html
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>