5.8.03 USP and .09 Revisions

[Bill Randall]

No problem.  We all have those days.

Happy New Year!


On 12/27/2017 3:45 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
> Okay, I stand corrected.  Apparently my reading comprehension was down 40
> points earlier today.  :b~~~  I misread/mis-thought the 'prior to'.  That's
> entirely on me, and I don't even have a good excuse unless I plead poor
> sleep (which is true, but still...).
>
> Fair enough, and complaint retracted.
>
> Thanks for pointing out my mistake.
>
> mark->
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 02:33:12PM -0500, Bill Randall thus spoke:
>>     Mark,
>>     Supporting 5.8 and 5.7 is two major versions back, not one.
>>     5.7 was released in May of 2011
>>     5.8 was released in February of 2015
>>     When 5.8 was released we prominently announced in emails and posted on
>>     our website that 5.6 and older versions would no longer be supported.
>>     None of this is unreasonable or unusual IMHO
>>     Bill
>>
>>     On 12/27/2017 12:45 PM, Fairlight via Filepro-list wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 12:28:47PM -0500, Bill Randall via Filepro-list
>> thus spoke:
>>
>> Contact [1]sales at fptech.com for an upgrade quote if you have not yet taken
>> advantage of all the new features in 5.8 and remember that any version
>> prior to 5.7 is no longer supported.
>>
>> And in the, "Making people even less likely to buy in," area, we have this
>> gem.
>>
>> Even Microsoft supports a few major versions back.  fP-Tech apparently no
>> longer supports even one major version back.
>>
>> Why would anyone voluntarily buy into a product which they know the vendor
>> will shaft them on at the next release?  I actually gave it a moment's
>> thought, until I read that little morsel of unwholesomeness.
>>
>> At this rate, why not just go full-on evil, and adopt the Adobe CC model?
>>
>> mark->
>>
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