Studio License Renewal Cost

[Stephen King]

Hi,

Have been off the list for a while as I am still using 2.5.x. I am a 
hobbyist only and feel that Rev pricing is pretty competitive. To the 
question is $200 a lot - interesting question, I work in a very different 
field of engineering and not software, for a very large company and know 
that even $200 is extremely difficult to justify with many hoops to jump 
through if it's not 'office' - I suspect it's actually easier in a very 
small company where the justification can be more easily seen.

Anyway - my one gripe about Rev pricing (if the Rev guys are listening) is 
the way bugs are dealt with. I stopped upgrading after a few years as I 
continually found the Rev Bugs I needed fixing (unfortunately I have found 
it a bit buggy) were not fixed within the 1 year period and so I had buy the 
next license to get it fixed. Key ones for me were Speech on Windows and 
flashing quick time players. In the case of Speech, actually the Rev guys 
were very good and after some considerable dialogue let me have the fix even 
outside the 1 year period - but I still can't get two movie windows working 
even now.

So I would be much happier if all 'major' bugs in a release were fixed free 
(even if outside the year) by maintenance .x releases, otherwise pricing 
seems reasonable. Beware though - it is getting more competitive for the 
hobbyist with the free .NET studio availability - do many hobbyists really 
need cross platform?

Cheers
Steve