Next Major Release?
 

I'm looking at purchasing a UR Professional license in the near future but am curious as to whether there are any plans for a major release in the coming months.

I only ask as I was burnt once before on a software purchase when a new version was released a few months later and the vendor forced me to pay an upgrade fee despite falling outside their 'grace period' by little more than a month. Bear in mind that they were only releasing new major versions every couple of years so I felt like a victim of bad timing!

Given UR v2.0 came out May 2006 and v3.0 was released March 2007, I'm wondering if v4.0 is in the wings and I'm better off waiting a couple of months before pulling the purchasing trigger?

Thanks.

A major (paid) release is not imminent. v3.5, a free update for v3 customers, will be released soon. v2 was actually a free update. v3 was the first non-free update and was released about 2 1/2 years after v1.

Let me just add - that the incremental updates that Kinook does are wonderful. And some of them FEEL like they're major updates, no matter how they're numbered.

I was one of the chief proponents of "hoisting" for example, and after I and a lot of other people asked for it (somewhat "persuasively") :), Kinook did FAR BETTER than I had hoped for.

So don't just go by numbering. Go by their history of service. Truly a remarkable software under excellent management.

Go Kinook!

Regards,
Bal

Don't bother.

kinook has just released v3.5 which is a free upgrade.

Take a look at the version history .(http://www.kinook.com/Forum/showthre...&threadid=3640)

In my opinion, this this is a major upgrade and it could be v4.

kinook is a very fair company and is listening to the users even they don't comment each feature request (I wouldn't do that either...).

Dominik

Thanks for the responses. Guess I've got no excuse not to break out the wallet then!

I'm now a paid up member of the UR club!

Congrats! Glad to hear your decision. You definitely get the best band for the buck.
Armstrong