On Aug 6, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Adam Strzelecki wrote:
IMHO announcing TM2 to be free upgrade for current users was wrong decision that could discourage the author from working on development. Personally I'd love to pay for TM2 if some of the discussed features/fixes we available to me, including:
I too would gladly pay for the next version, however I would do so whatever features it includes and whenever it becomes available. This is because I am a user who is 98% satisfied with TM as it is now, and for whom not having continued support would be *much* worse than not having new features. Keep in mind, money may not be the issue here. Allan may have good reasons for taking a long time with the development of TM2, such as technical issues that are simply taking a long time to resolve, design options that he needs time to live with before making a choice, etc. Finally, it's even possible that he is taking an intentional break from TM development; if this is true, the last thing we want to do is reduce the chance that he decides to come back to it. (Disclaimer: I do not know Allan, so these are merely guesses and may be completely off the mark.)
I can certainly sympathize with users who have been waiting for specific, critical features, and want to have some idea of when these might become available. However, it's equally bad (if not worse) to be promised an upgrade containing specific features and then have those features dropped or have the upgrade arrive much later than promised (can anyone say Vista?).
In sum, I'm not trying to start an argument nor am I dismissing some of the points that have been made so far. I'm simply reporting my own position which is (1) I *would* pay for an upgrade, and (2) I will continue to use TM regardless of when the upgrade becomes available.
-- Phil