[DUG] Delphi XE2 Upgrades

[Kyley Harris]

Thanks for that. I really haven't kept in the loop for a few years.

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Jeremy North <jeremy.north at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>>>
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>>>> Kyley Harris
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