Tut! Tut! George!
Don't say that you have caught the terrible Americanism of saying that
"you can download for free", when in fact it should be "you can
download the latest version free of charge" or "at no cost".
Stand up for better quality English.
Grin! Grin! Smile!
Sincerely:
Dave Durber
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:05:49 +0100, you wrote:
>OOPS! I meant to say that if you bought 10.4, you can
>download for free.
>
>George.
>
>
>________________________________
>
> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George
>Bell
> Sent: 02 September 2004 13:01
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Upgrades. Was: Is'nt braille
>a language?
>
>
> Hi Dale,
>
> If you bought DBT WIN over 3 or more years ago, the
>upgrade will cost you $295 USD or close to $385 Canadian at
>today's exchange rate.
>
> If you bought 10.4, then the cost will be $195 USD
>or around $255 Canadian.
>
> Hope this clarifies things a little.
>
> George.
>
>
>________________________________
>
> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale
>Leavens
> Sent: 02 September 2004 03:32
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Upgrades. Was: Is'nt
>braille a language?
>
>
> Well, nearly $600 USD is getting on for
>$900.00 CDN. But I don't quite understand the pricing shown.
>It looks like a SMA only applies if the product owned is
>under a year old. I am sure I am wrong about that. I
>remember though that the version I bought in January 2000,
>10.3 I think was soon superseded and it seems to me that I
>didn't upgrade then for a similar reason, the full cost for
>a few tweaks and the Swift add-in. Quite reasonable I am
>sure for a Braille production house but a little steep for
>us on-the-fly disposable document users. It is in the range
>of $400 a year. I remember when a pretty good typewriter
>could be had for that.
>
> Of course, I just bought a new Perkins
>Brailler for $1,400. Mine needed service bad but I couldn't
>afford to send it away until I had a replacement. In the end
>the repair cost for one was $12.00 and the other $40, we
>have three here now, two in constant use and now a third for
>standby I suppose. My original machine was $125.00 back in
>1969 and it came with a hard case. now that is a couple of
>hundred extra.
>
> This is less a complaint than a statement of
>fact. I could have spent as much money keeping up with DBT
>in the past four years as we have used on Perkins braillers
>beginning with the first one my wife bought in about 1965.
>Back then the RNIB had some sort of subsidy, I believe she
>paid 15 quid.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: George Bell
><mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 4:15
>AM
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Upgrades.
>Was: Is'nt braille a language?
>
> Hi Dale,
>
> I don't know where the $900 came
>from (Which
> currency?), but you will find
>current American
> Dollar prices at the following:-
>
>
>http://www.duxburysystems.com/Prices_04_20040621.h
> tm
>
> George Bell.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Dale Leavens
> Sent: 24 August 2004 05:49
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Upgrades.
>Was: Is'nt
> braille a language?
>
> I don't know how one can afford to
>keep up. Having
> just upgraded computers, jaws,
>K1000, and another
> Braille Printer, the Index Basic-D
>which I will be
> requiring assistance with soon,
>can't get it
> working right. They told me it would
>cost nearly
> nine hundred dollars to move from
>10.3 to 10.4 in
> April and now you say 10.5!
>
> I would really like that Swift
>utility function
> though!
>
> Do you know if 10.5 is handling
>tables in
> WordPerfect any better? A space
>between columns
> and a new line between rows?
>
> I think my computers though are all
>possessed with
> gremlins.
>
> Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario
> dleavens@xxxxxxx
> Home of the Polar Bear Express!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Bell"
><george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 5:50
>PM
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Upgrades.
>Was: Is'nt
> braille a language?
>
>
> Hi Caroline,
>
> If it was March this year, then I
>don't think you
> have a problem. Just be ready for
>an internet
> download.
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Caroline Congdon
> Sent: 23 August 2004 22:26
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Upgrades.
>Was: Is'nt
> braille a language?
>
> George, I haven't exactly placed my
>order for the
> 10.5 upgrade, but I'm entitled for a
>free upgrade
> if I understand correctly since I
>purchased my
> Duxbury originally in I believe
>March. Is this
> correct? Thanks. Looking forward
>to the new
> version!!!
>
> Caroline
>
>
>
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