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General Discussion / Re: Arca Noae - just got my business!!!
« on: November 22, 2014, 10:49:59 pm »But, Barbara, you got your eCS 2.2b2 because you already had a software subscription for a previous eCS version, not because you purchased a license for eCS 2.2 (which does not currently exist). That subscription will expire at some point in time. Renewing that subscription may or may not provide you in the future with a newer ACPI. Ours will update eCS 2.2b2, eCS 2.1GA, eCS 2.0, etc, down the line to Warp 4.52, so it's really the same upgrade/support for eCS licensees as for OS/2 Warp 4 licensees. Of course, like any other software package, you may find applications from one vendor which you don't find from another. In this way, the two subscriptions complement each other, but should not cause any type of one-or-the-other choice...In addition, our package (as of right now) provides a newer (citing just one example) ACPI than eCS 2.2 beta II, and this package is not available from Mensys or XEU. In short, the Arca Noae offering is separate and apart from Mensys/XEU's software subscription service...Exactly as I said, Lewis: I'm running eCS 2.2b2 now, if I were to need the latest ACPI, how can I get it? .. simple, that question!!..buy also an Arca Noe subscription..
Regards....
An OS/2 licensee could purchase a license for eCS, which includes a software subscription of some sort. He or she is not obligated to install eCS in order to take advantage of the subscription entitlements, though some of those pieces may be restricted to installing on eCS alone (which is not the case with our subscription, of course). The point is that our subscription should bring excellent value to all OS/2 and eCS licensees, regardless whether they have a Mensys/XEU software subscription or not. Now, renewing the Mensys/XEU software subscription may be something to consider, based upon what they may offer in the future which we may not, but I can't speculate on that aspect.
I do see your point about subscribers to both, but then again, you get multiple magazine subscriptions, too. You don't get all of your information and entertainment from one channel, be it print, radio, or multimedia. We don't see the price of our subscription as a barrier to entry. In fact, we intentionally considered the impact of our pricing on the community, so that we could make it attractive. So, we don't see an absolute need to provide our content in some offering by Mensys/XEU (or anyone else's for that matter). (And to be clear, I am not stating whether we will or will not be entering into an agreement to provide our content to anyone else.)
Cheers