artistheat opened this issue on Jul 24, 2009 · 41 posts
crocodilian posted Mon, 03 August 2009 at 7:28 PM
Quote - I just read Vue 8 is coming out by the end of this year But didn't Vue 7,Vue 7.4,Vue 7.5 and Vue OMG Just come out...Is Vue 7 that bad of a product that they already need Vue 8? I'm still on Vue 5 so this doesn't effect me But why so soon? Will you Vue 7 guys have to pay a arm and a leg for a upgrade?
I just found it wild that people are just getting use to Vue 7 and already Vue 8 is coming out.It looks like to me they are trying to Milk the cow a little to soon.
Autodesk & Adobe have pretty much defined the model for Version/point releases. A full version release used to be something fairly dramatic, and a point release fixed bugs, and threw in a little functionality.
But companies are all over the map on this. Newtek takes pride of place in having the most dramatic "point" releases, and Autodesk probably has the chintziest.
In the end, its about trying to find ways to get you and me to buy something.
The logical thing is actually a subscription model, but users hate subscription models.