>> 
>> 
>>> You can download the Installer Maker Plugin from our website at
>>> http://rrinstallermaker.economy-x-talk.com where you can also obtain
>>> a license. This version is free for everyone who bought a license
>>> during the past 3 months.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
>> 
>> Er... this just caught my eye. You make people pay for bug fixes?
>> 

While I can see how it would be hard to part with the cash if in that 3 months 
there wasn't a significant new feature it's not unreasonable if the features 
keep coming on a regular basis as as far as I can tell Mark's addon is quite 
actively developed. In fact it's because Mark is so active with Installer Maker 
that I  didn't push ahead with my InstallGadget 2 plans a couple of years back. 
This market just isn't big enough. IG will quite possibly become a mergExt 
freebie at some stage.

mergExt has a similar scheme as it's treated like a big bucket of stuff 
(including support) which you pay for access to. Obviously you can keep using 
the stuff when you don't have access to updates but the general idea is to 
encourage people to maintain their access like a subscription (although leaving 
it up to them rather than forcing the issue). mergExt has an additional 20% 
discount off the already discounted price for people buying more access to 
updates before their time is up similar to Mark's 50% off if buying again 
within a year. The main reason I'm doing it this way is so I can release new 
features (externals etc) without worrying about who has the right to what. I 
assume Mark would have similar reasoning.

Cheers

--
M E R Goulding 
Software development services
Bespoke application development for vertical markets

mergExt - There's an external for that!

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