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#17 / Mar 25, 2008 7:40pm
Good news 😊
#18 / Mar 25, 2008 8:20pm
Figured that’s what it would be as you’ve always been fair, and it only makes sense.
#19 / Mar 26, 2008 6:19am
The upgrade cost from 1.6.3 to 2.0 will not be more than the price difference between the two versions. This means if you can purchase 1.6.3 without fear of having to pay more later.
Seems very fair to me. I have always found the pricing very competitive anyway.
#20 / Mar 26, 2008 11:12am
Very good news and will put the minds of new EE users at ease.
#21 / Mar 26, 2008 11:52am
Hopefully our volume discounts will be preserved!
If not then it will give me some incentive to pitch for more EE based sites.
#22 / Mar 27, 2008 4:41pm
Hi familychoice,
Your question and the subsequent discussion prompted us to make this particular decision this afternoon.
So yes, I can now publicly guarantee that if you purchase now the upgrade cost will not exceed the price difference between the two versions. The ExpressionEngine 2.0 Sneak Preview FAQ has been updated with this new information.
Thank God EL came to this decision Leslie… else this thread may have went on forever reiterating the same thing over and over again from each party involved. Ultimately overloading the EL servers and putting the company at a stand still!
Just another reason why EL is the BOMB. I mean, if I purchased Adobe CS2 a month before CS3 was released, I really doubt Adobe would have been so understanding as to not charge customers anymore than the price difference between the two versions. I don’t see how this situation is any different, but maybe I’m wrong. I think people tend to look at CMS software differently than they do other software for whatever reason?
#23 / Mar 27, 2008 4:45pm
Huh, I totally missed that one. Hats off to EL, though.
#24 / Mar 27, 2008 7:48pm
Because of the close relationship between the EE community and the EE people, I would have been utterly surprised to have heard otherwise… 😊
However, I had the same question, and the same lurking feeling in my gut. It’s just the way it is when you’re spending that kind of money and the difference is a day-rate or so.
There’s a lot of web production folks who don’t have the luxury of waiting for 2.0 with customers clamoring.
That said, it’s not unprecedented. It’s just The Right Thing To Do for their loyal customers. EE customer once, for life? That’s why EE is not trading a commodity publishing platform for peanuts. I don’t see them starving, either.
😉