Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] "FREE" VisualMill

If I might be so bold as to suggest it, all these grumbless should be cc:'d to
MecSoft. Who knows, they might get a clue.

Bill

On Mon Nov 18 06:14:54 2002, tommoser3246, <tommoser@...> wrote:

>I was very excited to see the announcement that MecSoft was going to
>give away copies of VisualMill 3.0. I have been wanting to try this
>product for some time and figured now would be the time to try it. I
>am quite disappointed by what I found on their website.
>
>While it is good to have this free download of VisualMill 3.0 Basic
>everyone should be aware that it is only good until March 1, 2003.
>
>Once again we have a marketing executive telling us one thing then
>when we get to their site the actuality is a different thing.
>
>In his announcement letter, Greg Haywood - VP of WW Sales and
>Marketing - Mecsoft Corporation, says "I am the VP of WW sales and
>Marketing for MecSoft Corporation, and I have decided to give our
>previous release of VisualMill Basic away to the public, schools,
>broke people, and anyone else that just enjoys's free stuff!"
>
>This is not quite correct. What he is giving away is a three and one
>half month license to use VisualMill 3.0. (So much for "FREE")
>
>It says on the website that when it expires on March 1, 2003 that you
>can renew your registration and re-download the product.
>
>This is not free. This means that I need to take my time next March
>and reregister then redownload then reinstall the product. Who knows
>when the next time after that will be or if they will allow a next
>time?
>
>The long and the short of this is that I can't really count on
>VisualMill 3.0 being available in the future like I could if it were
>truly free with a perpetual license and no reactivation needed. This
>means that if I put a lot of work in trying it I will be forced to
>upgrade to VisualMill 4.0 or risk not having the software available
>in the future.
>
>In his letter, Mr Haywood also says, "We believe that by offering a
>product for free that our competitors are charging for, you will come
>back to us for your more advanced tooling needs"
>
>This could be correct, I can easily see that I might try the product
>and go back to buy the new version. However Mr Haywood has managed to
>alienate me by not stating in his announcement letter that it was
>only good for three and one half months and then would need to be
>renewed and reinstalled. If they can't be straight about trial
>software, how straight are they being about the products they charge
>for?
>
>I have used many trial versions of software products and have
>eventually bought many of those products. Why can't the marketing
>people just be straight with us? In this case a big deal is made
>about giving us a backrelease product for "FREE" but it is really
>nothing more than a trial period. They can say that we will be able
>to reregister it in the future but how many of you want to put a lot
>of work into trying something, trusting that this company will take
>care of you in the future. If they really intend on renewing it in
>the future for free why don't they just make it a perpetual license
>with no reactivation required. The fact that they have it expire on
>March 1, 2003 implies that they might not allow reregistration. After
>all, it is more work for them to reregister it than giving a
>perpetual license right from the beginning so they must expect a
>payback.
>
>Once again, disappointed by "BS"

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