VPOP3 Upgrade Policy
This page describes our VPOP3 upgrade policy with the
recent release of V2.0.0.
This upgrade is classed as a Major upgrade, unlike all
previous version upgrades of VPOP3 which have been classed
as Minor upgrades. This is not necessarily because previous
upgrades since 1996 have had only a few changes, but because
we have not wished to charge for upgrades.
Our 'published' upgrade policy was that anyone who purchases
a VPOP3 licence gets free Minor version upgrades and a free
Major version upgrade if the purchase was made within 3
months of the Major upgrade being released.
We have decided that, because we do not really like charging
for upgrades we will extend this free upgrade period back
to the beginning of January 2002, so, in fact free upgrades
will be available for licences purchased within 16 months
before the Major upgrade was released in this case.
Also, at the same time as V2.0.0 is released we will be
making our first price increase for over 3 years.
If you are not eligible for a free upgrade you will be
able to purchase the upgrade to VPOP3 2.0.0 at 50% of the
new standard
retail price.
Note that it is NOT our intention to make regular charges
for version upgrades, but we feel that in the 7 years since
VPOP3 was initially launched it has been enhanced massively
so we thought it was necessary to make a charge in this
case.
Situation with previous licence size upgrades
There is a complication with licence size upgrades, or
upgrades from VPOP3 Standard to VPOP3 Enterprise. For
instance,
if you purchased a 10 user VPOP3 licence in June 2000 and
then upgraded it to 25 users in March 2002, does this
count
as a purchase before 2002 or a purchase afterwards?
We have decided that in this case the licence upgrade
is eligible for a free upgrade, but the initial purchase
isn't, but you need to upgrade the initial purchase to be
able to get the free upgrade to the licence upgrade.. So,
in this case, the price to upgrade to a 25 user licence
for V2.0.0 will be £45.00 ($78.75)
Check your upgrade eligibility
You can check your upgrade eligibility (and cost) by completing
this form
If you have any questions, please contact sales@pscs.co.uk |
