TheBrain v10 Alpha is available

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 2, 2018 at 08:50 AM

I can accept the SaaS delivery and pay model where there is indeed a continuous service involved; the Google G Suite, for example, is a full office suite (and much more), continuously hosted on Google’s servers, which provide malware protection, backup on several locations across the globe, real-time collaboration, etc. The Total Cost of Ownership for a small business is extremely competitive compared to any ‘permanent’ local solution.

For a boxed (or downloadable), locally installed, desktop software, I don’t see the reason to pay year in, year out. If I don’t want or use Microsoft’s online storage and mail, there is no yearly cost to them in order to provide me with a continuous service. Security updates are a matter of after sales service. My wife owns a Toyota since five years; there is no yearly charge and it has been recalled once for a security issue at no cost.

Coming back to the thread topic of TheBrain, this indeed provides the customer with three options https://thebrain.com/store : one can [1] purchase a truly permanent license for v.9 desktop (and upgrade to v.10 will be free), [2] subscribe and have access to the software, sync service, and TheBrain online as long as they pay, or [3] get a bundle of both [1] and [2] at a reduced price (the actual order on the website is [1], [3], [2]).

Paul J. Miller wrote:
>SaaS gives companies more power over their customers and more money from
>their customers. The danger is that it will come to be seen as the
>‘norm’.