[OT] LiveCode 6.0 - Upgrade, Update or Addon

[Michael Kann]

Kay and others,

Would anyone like to share what they have found to be new and improved  in Livecode 6.0.-dp-1 ?

I'm also somewhat confused about the array of wonderful products for purchase so if someone wants to provide the For Dummies version that would be great.

Mike

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--- On Wed, 11/14/12, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com>
Subject: [OT] LiveCode 6.0 - Upgrade, Update or Addon
To: "How to use LiveCode" <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 6:10 PM

Richard penned the below quite some time ago, but it's still clear as mud
to me.

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?

Under the Gold column it says I can "Buy Upgrades", and if I click on it it
offers me 'LiveCode Commercial' which isn't a package offered any more but
happens to be the one I already own. This is reinforced when I log in to my
account, there is a tab next to my 'Personal Licence' offering to Upgrade
to 'Commercial' and for my 'Commercial Licence' a tab to 'Upgrade to
Complete'.

This seems to suggest that 'upgrade' means from one package to another.

Also in my Account there are a bunch of 'Addons'. I can 'Buy addon' for
'Mobile Deployment: Android' understandably because I've never purchased
it, but for reasons I don't understand there is ONLY one  'Update Addon'
which is for 'Desktop Deployment Linux' even though I've never owned that
either.

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?

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:

> Richmond wrote:
>
>  3. How many of them feel that a Linux version of Livecode at the same
>> sort of pricing as the versions for Mac and Win is financially worth it.
>>
>
> I finally took a moment to look at the new store pricing grid.  Now I see
> why folks are concerned.
>
> It's even worse than you describe, though what you describe is already
> taken care of:
>
> It doesn't seem that it's possible to buy a license for ANY single desktop
> platform.
>
> Linux hasn't been singled out:  I don't see an option to buy for Mac or
> Windows either.
>
> Even more confusing, the only single-platform licenses I can find are for
> iOS and Android, but neither of those are development platforms so it's
> unclear what you're getting with that.
>
> I could write several pages about the ROI of developing for the desktop vs
> mobile, but fortunately for the readers here I have work to do.
>
> The key point is that the two aren't mutually exclusive.  One should be
> able to use LiveCode to develop for desktop, or mobile, or both, if they
> choose.  "Shut up and take my money!"
>
> Indeed, not offering a desktop-only option for any platform is so silly
> that I have to assume it's an error that will be corrected before the day's
> out.
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>
>  Fourth World Systems
>  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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