[GeoStL] Re: GSAK rumor
- From: "Mike Griffin" <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 13:09:12 -0600
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uuummm... Is this the GSAK forum? I think I made a wrong turn..
Mike
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From: <bromley@xxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:57 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GSAK rumor
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Dan,
Then I believe you have a complaint.
When I registered in 2004, it was stated that there would be
no upgrade fees for the forseeable future. I figure 2 years
are the forseeable future. Clyde isn't doing anything to
stop the version you have from working and if you don't need
the additional functionality, then there's no reason for you
to upgrade. There wasn't a guarantee that he would keep
upgrading GSAK either. He could have easily gotten tired of
developing it and moved on. At the point he stopped, you
would have been stuck with where he was at that time. I
have at least 20 programs in that boat and I've paid at
least as much, if not more, for them than I have for GSAK.
Clyde stated that when he started developing GSAK full time
back in early 2004, he changed the statement from "free for
life" to "free for the foreseeable future" because he knew
that eventually he might have to charge for an upgrade. If
you bought GSAK before that then you have a complaint.
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For everyone on the list, we can go on to debate this
forever and it won't change anything. The fact is that if
you own GSAK , you have a choices. Those choices are to
stay at 6.x and continue to use it, upgrade to 7.x and face
a $10-$15 upgrade fee, or don't register it and face the nag
screen that is present. You can also look at alternate
products such as GEOBUDDY that is, even with the $50 rebate
currently in place, almost twice the price of GSAK. I won't
respond to any additional messages regardng GSAK and it's
price upgrade. I won't change your mind and you won't
change mine.
Steve aka javapgmr
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: Dan Henke <thunder_monk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GSAK rumor
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:09:36 -0800 (PST)
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>I agree it is not that GSAK is not a good program and is
>probably worth the extra money but when I paid the $20 in
>the beginning it was stated "for life" ....There is no
>ambiguity in that staement ...for life means just what it
>says.It is also one of the reasons I bought the program
>instead of using it for free. I remember thinking that it
>was quite a bargain.
> I personally don't use GSAK for most of it's functions
>but I do use it for converting the .gpx file into something
>my Microsoft Streets and Trips software will read and also
>once in a while for printing out the cache pages. I had
>planned on checking out the rest of the features for use
>this summer. So the point is not that it isn't worth the
>money but rather a statement that was made when I purchased
>it and which is now just glibly thrust aside because it is
>too costly. Jack Konecker <jack.konecker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -
>I never said GSAK wasn't a good program. I paid my
>$20 in 2005.
>I only use it a couple of times a month and barely
>use its features. One day when the power went
>out at home, I decided to get out the laptop and take
>some time to go through all the menu items. Neat stuff,
>however, I don't think I'll ever need to use more than
>10% of its capabilities (even less, now that gc.com
>supports finding caches along a route). I've gotten
>along fine without needing to use its scripting
>capabilities.
>It is convenient to say that everyone should stop
>complaining because they can continue to use v6.
>However, if gc.com changes something that requires
>a change to GSAK (remember when gc.com added
>the special waypoint lists?), Clyde is not going to
>touch the v6 code to make it compatible; thus v6
>will become obsolete.
>
>GSAK got where it is today partly due to people
>paying $20 and expecting to never have to pay
>again 'for a lifetime'. Perhaps that was poor
>wording on Clyde's part and he should have been
>more clear on his intentions (he admitted he changed
>the wording somewhere down the line).
>
>People whose argument is 'shut up and pay for the
>upgrade because GSAK is a good program' are
>missing the point.
>
>
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