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It's probably good that this subject now has it's own thread. Prolific's plan has always been to reward the online buyers with a free upgrade to 2.0 (offer good for 90 days), and to charge the CD owners $5 for the upgrade. The net to us is about 10 times higher when we sell the downloaded version directly to customers. With the CD version, the manufacturing and shipping costs are very high, the distributer takes a huge cut, and the store does, too.
I just spoke to Reichart, and he confirms that the $5 upgrade cost for CD purchasers is still the plan, but it will take a while to implement. The CGI script has to be written to allow the secure site to accept a $5 payment, and issue a Key Code. A special installer has to be written to look for a CD in the drive, then prompt for this type of upgrade Key. These are really just modifications to work that has already been done, but it will still take at least a couple of days.
It should be noted that buyers of the CD can still upgrade to v1.1 (with the Lionfish) for free.
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