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- Konstantin K
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- Hi! T o is, if I bought a membership and set the template, then I can update it for free after the release of the membership?
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- David Goode
- Preeminent Rocketeer
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Hi there,
No. I need to edit my previous response as I should have clarified that applies to individual template purchases only. Details are shown here - www.rockettheme.com/docs/accounts_billing/comparisons.md
Thanks for checking though.
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- Konstantin K
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- So now I have to buy a pattern that I have installed and paid for it when I was in the club?))))
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- David Goode
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Hi there,
Konstantin K wrote:So now I have to buy a pattern that I have installed and paid for it when I was in the club?))))You have a choice. If you feel you will need more templates and will be developing more sites then you may decide that the membership is better value for money. If you feel that you only want the one template then it would be better to buy the template instead of the membership.
Please do not confuse your membership (which gave you entitlement to use any of our templates) with the purchase of a template, which we have only just made available.
Hope this helps
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- popROAR
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It sounds to me that you would want developers to incorporate plugins to their extension. One for security patches, one for features. I don't know how else you could seperate the two. I don't think the model to have to pay again on a different version is that big of a deal which makes subscription model much more sound. If you want long term support stick to products that ride on the long term support; if you want to follow the bleeding edge you have to pay by risk. Unless enterprise is more free with sharing the source codes to people who understand how the stack works expect to be the enterprise if you want complete access. I think a subscription model aids in development in knowing what the demand is in the product and balancing the resources available. Overall software development is chasing its tail, we expect to be totally protected for 1.99 without having to being educated on why or what we are being protected from at least from my experience. Perhaps i am just trolling the troll.
I fell upon this interesting topic in search of the future of Rockettheme who I believe make excellent trustworthy products with a clear understanding of what to expect. (And have many high quality extensions at little to no cost) - Last Edit: 10 years 8 months ago by popROAR. Reason: Addition
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- damo
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I don't necessarily want developers to have to create a different architecture, but if that is what they have to do to provide security updates, then I'm afraid, I would consider that part of the service. You can't buy an extension for 3 months and then a security update comes and you have to buy it again, just for the patch. It's not right or fair and I'd question the legality of it also, but I'm not a solicitor, so I'd only question it.
My point is, when you buy an iPhone or a Mac (I'm using Apple as an example) when they update their software with a security patch, you get it. When they make incremental updates to software (new features sometimes or making it faster), you get it.
Sure, when they release a new operating system, you have to buy it (sometimes) but that is understandable.
But if you buy an extension for Joomla 3 for example, you should be buying that extension for the lifetime of the Joomla version. Not until a week or a month later, when there is a security patch.
And if they want to charge for quite simple features addons, sure, let them charge for that. But there are some extension developers that include that in their updates. They do that, because it's good business and what many would consider a 'value add'. - www.c3p0.se - sweden
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- popROAR
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I hear you and agree to an extent. You comparing hardened proprietary hardware and software to extensions on short term software though. I am curious what an implementer does when a client wants an update? Any takers? I think version control came in 3.2 not in 3.0, so I as a client want the update, Joomla! free right, so please give me my free update. I have admin privileges and click update and critical parts of my site no longer function properly. Who is to blame? I better call the implementor and tell him to fix it and it shouldn't cost me anything.
This is a very delicate balance on how this dance would work and I think again proves that a subscription can ease some of this on both sides. I don't think I know anybody that gets their apple service for free? or rather no cost
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