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The 3.0 announcement was posted on December 7. Below, you'll find the portion of the announcement that discusses upgrading:
Re: semi-urgent (rant mode = on) second serial number
From: Sigurdur Ragnarsson
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2001
Time: 4:27:00 am
Pricing and Special Upgrade Offer Through December
QuickDNS Pro 3.0 retails for $349. Upgrade price for QuickDNS Pro 2.x owners is $149, including a free upgrade to the Mac OS X version of QuickDNS Pro, to be released early next year. This upgrade package is offered at $129 through December. Technical support is free of charge including conversion of files from other servers for new QuickDNS Pro Users.
Sigurdur
At 11:01 +0000 14.5.2001, Dale Therio wrote:
>Please show when this was posted.
>
>I do not believe this information was provided last December
>when the upgrade was first announced (or maybe it was November).
>
>But that doesn't change that on the website, when I paid the
>upgrade fee, did not mention anything in this regards. And yes,
>I did upgrade before 3.5 was released.
>
>The only thing I saw or read was the QDNS would now be
>multi-platform. Nothing about new licensing.
>
>I purchased the upgrade basically because of these statements. I
>was under the impression that I would be able to choose my
>platform (kind of the way CommunigatePro works).
>
>I currently run on Mac OS - but my co-lo provides DNS, but as I
>plan on switching to *either* Mac OS X or Linux (probably
>RedHat) later in the summer I expected, based on the information
>provided by Men and Mice that I would be able to do so.
>
>At this point, as you probably don't have plans to release a
>version on PPC Linux (which you have answered already that you
>do not currently have such a build), I can not even use the
>product at all. And if I move to a Linux solution, I still can't
>use the product without spending even more money. So what good
>was the upgrade?
>
>On Sat, 12 May 2001 14:58:36 +0000
> Sigurdur Ragnarsson <siggi@menandmice.com> wrote:
>> At 20:36 +0000 11.5.2001, Dale Therio wrote:
>> >I agree, it sucks. The upgrade advertising said it wuld be
>> >multi-platform which is why I purchased the upgrade. I am
>> >currently planning to move from Mac OS 9.x to Mac OS X later
>> >this year, but tht is not yet a sure thing. I might move to
>> >redhat linux, in which case, this was a total waste of
>> money.
>> >
>> >And NO PLACE on the site while they were hawking the
>> upgrades
>> >was there ANY mention of the changes. All it said was
>> multiple
>> >platform support.
>>
>> We explained the upgrade policy on the list some time ago.
>> Below you'll find a repost of the original message:
>>
>> *** Different licensing with QuickDNS 3.5
>> Until version 3.5, the QuickDNS license agreement allowed you
>> to run two copies of QuickDNS, provided that the second copy
>> was only used as a secondary server for the zones hosted on
>> the primary. With QuickDNS 3.5, the license agreement allows
>> you to run only one copy of the software.
>>
>> This will not affect the majority of our users, but we
>> understand the concerns of those who have run two copies of
>> QuickDNS and we urge them to contact our sales department
>> from whom they will receive an additional key for Mac OS at
>> no cost.
>>
>>
>> *** QuickDNS for Linux - sidegrades
>> Starting with version 3.5, QuickDNS is becoming a
>> multi-platform product and the pricing policy will change
>> with the product. If you look at the current price list for
>> QuickDNS, you'll notice that the Linux version is priced
>> higher than the Mac OS version. Basically, QuickDNS for
>> Linux is aimed at a different customer base and when we were
>> pricing the products we had two options - either increase the
>> price for QuickDNS for Mac or use different prices for the
>> different platforms. We decided to go with the latter
>> option, keeping the price for our Mac OS customers unchanged.
>> However, this means that we cannot offer a free sidegrade
>> from Mac to Linux. You can contact our sales department
>> (sales@menandmice.com) for more info.
>>
>> I hope this answers your initial questions regarding the 3.0
> > -> 3.5 upgrade, but feel free to contact us with any other
>> questions or concerns.
>>
>>
>> >I guess Microsoft has invaded Iceland.
>>
>> Rest assured, it has not.
>>
>> --
>> Sigurdur Ragnarsson Men & Mice
>> siggi@menandmice.com
>> http://www.menandmice.com
>>
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Sigurdur Ragnarsson Men & Mice
siggi@menandmice.com http://www.menandmice.com
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