[GeoStL] Re: GSAK rumor
- From: Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:35:17 -0600
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Yep, there is a lot of GSAK talk going on. Even on the gsak forums,
clyde is getting an earful.
http://gsak.net/board/index.php?showtopic=3835&view=findpost&p=23626
"But I just can't believe my eyes, reading this thread... Here's my two
cents.
I registered GSAK version 6.6 on 2006-06-21 after using it for about
five minutes and remember being promised free updates for the forseeable
future. The exact wording does not matter one bit but the idea and
promise behind it sure does. Keeping that in mind, I might have silently
accepted a priced upgrade if, say, a full year had gone by since my
registration, but that's the absolute minimum time frame I'd have the
guts to call "foreseeable future". As I understand it, for some the
"free foreseeable future" turned out to be just about a month.
That's not all, I'd call 7.0.1B11 6.7.0... The new features introduced
in v7 just don't amount to that much compared to what happened during
6.6. If everyone seems so disturbingly happy to shell out extra bucks,
what's to stop 7.1.0 being called 8.0.0?
To summarize, I think GSAK is definitely worth its price and I may
register v7 once I chill out a bit, but the upgrade pricing timeline
compared to what was quite clearly promised just makes my skin crawl.
I'd definitely rethink the current wording on
http://gsak.net/Register.php, maybe even the whole pricing scheme."
Jack Konecker wrote:
> -
>
>> uuummm... Is this the GSAK forum? I think I made a wrong turn..
>> Mike
>>
>
> Many other geocaching groups are discussing
> this very timely issue.
> I will say that it is not unreasonable to think
> that when offered what appears to be a
> 'one-time fee' of $20 for a fledgling application
> to get a foothold in the market, that you are in
> a way an 'investor' in the product and will be
> rewarded by not having to ever pay another
> fee in the future. You are taking a risk on that
> the product may fail and become useless.
>
> This is not unlike some startup organizations
> that reward people who take a
> chance by buying a 'lifetime membership' and
> never get charged again, regardless of what
> changes occur later that were not expected
> could ever happen in the beginning. Right or
> wrong, I see this is what the perception was
> from many who paid for GSAK early on.
>
> Is this the end of the world? No. Just something
> related to geocaching that is worthy of
> discussing on a geocaching newsgroup.
>
> Again, I make no comment about how good
> GSAK is or isn't because that's beside the
> point.
>
>
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