TS7 pricing 2004-12-18 - By Ron Hodges
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David - are those of us on proTeam going to get the new version as originally
indicated. My membership expires at the end of Dec. I think. Just wondering
/worrying.
Ron Hodges
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> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:25:55 -0500
> From: Dave Angelini <dpangelini@(protected)>
> Subject: Re: TS7 pricing
>
> The more things change, the more they stay the same....
>
> Invariably, each major release of trueSpace prompts this discussion. If you
> look back to the release of tS4, particularly when Caligari announced that
> the old rPlus renderer was going to be replaced by the more professional
> Lightworks package, there were huge waves of similar concern through the
> TSML. Back then, there were even discussions of splitting tS4 into two
> packages: proSpace aimed and priced for professionals and our standard low
> cost trueSpace. Sound familiar? Well, after much discussion, trueSpace4
> was released at only a slightly higher upgrade price than used when tS3 was
> released and, in time, that price dropped too.
>
> I guess the only answer which I can offer is that Caligari has been in the
> business for 10 years now (is that grey I see Roman's beard?). They know
> their customers, their market demographic and how to best maximize revenue
> in that market (sorry...but this isn't charity).
>
> I honestly don't think they are going to price tS7 so high that they lose
> half their market to Carerra, Real Soft, Hash, etc.
>
> Let's take a breath people.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Angelini
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