[DUG] Delphi XE2 Upgrades

[Jeremy North]

Yes it is a one year deal.

This might help you decide what might be best for you.
http://delphi.wikia.com/wiki/Delphi_Release_Dates


On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Kyley Harris <Kyley at harrissoftware.com>wrote:

> interesting.. is the support and maintenance valid for 1 year then?
> meaning you will get the next upgrade cheap only if it comes within a 1
> year period?
>
> Its always a hard call which version to move to. I'm perfectly happy with
> the rad-studio 2007, but I just feel like it might be time to move forward
> with the unicode compatibility issue
> while I'm at the start of a new project.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Jeremy North <jeremy.north at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Support and maintenance means you don't have to pay for the upgrade each
>> year.
>>
>> Personally I'd wait for the next release, give the cycle of releases and
>> the roadshow email doing the rounds, a new release must be soon.
>>
>> Also with XE2 they started given access to previous versions as well. Not
>> sure if that will continue with the next release (or if it started with
>> XE2).
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Kyley Harris <kyleyharris at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Just curious how many people have bought XE2 and are happy with it?
>>>
>>> I bought XE early last year and I have to be honest that I haven't even
>>> tried to use it yet, so its almost $500USD down the drain.  I had some 3rd
>>> party stuff that wasn't playing ball with unicode and never found the time
>>> to track it down.
>>>
>>> I'm now looking to upgrade XE2 and start fresh and hope I can make it
>>> all work for a new project.
>>>
>>> One major question I have is the Support and Maintenence option for
>>> $270USD. Has anyone ever bought it, and have you ever found use for it? it
>>> seems to me that they release "upgrades" that you have to pay for so often
>>> that
>>> support and maintenance is almost a Do-Nothing service.  If i'm wrong
>>> I'd like to hear what people have to say.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kyley Harris
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>>>
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