[OT] LiveCode 6.0 - Upgrade, Update or Addon

[Richard Gaskin]

I think the 6.0 "Preview" is only available to members of the Developer 
Program, but I'm not sure how that could be dependent on the Linux 
deployment option.

Weirder still, I recently tried to point a friend to where they could 
buy just a license for Mac OS X, and neither of us was able to figure 
that out.

I hope Heather doesn't mind, but I've cc'd her with this reply as I 
think there may be some benefit to clarifying a few things in the 
current storefront.

While I appreciate that mobile is big right now, the product offers an 
even better experience on the desktop and those who want to use only 
that have a difficult time doing so.

Like that character on The Simpsons says, "Shut up and take my money!" :)

I trust it would take only a few small revisions to make it easier for 
folks to give their money to RunRev.  At a minimum, making a 
desktop-only option readily available would seem helpful, while still 
providing the other options as they do now.

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Kay C Lan wrote:

 > I just got an email offering me:
 >
 > Our offer to you*: Get any update to your LiveCode license today, and
 > we'll give you:
 >
 >    Access to the LiveCode Developer Program
 >    All developer preview releases of 6.0
 >    And all updates for the next year for your updated platform/s.
 >
 > So what constitutes "any update", "all updates" and "updated
 > platform/s"
 >
 > When I go to: http://www.runrev.com/store/
 >
 > I see that all the PAYG options have "Updates included", whilst the
 > Perpetuals do not - except Complete.
 >
 > This seems to suggest that 'updates' means from one major release to
 > another,i.e. 5.0 to 5.5?
...
 > So if I want to check out LC 6.0, is my only option to 'Update Addon'
 > Linux, in which case it's completely pointless as I don't have a
 > Linux box to develop on.
 >
 > What is it that I UPDATE (that is not an Upgrade or Addon) that will
 > allow me to preview 6.0 on my Mac?
 >
 > I was expecting a button next to 'Desktop Deployment: Mac + Windows'
 > which said "Update 6.0 Preview", but alas, nothing so simple.
 >
 > Any pointers?