ConnectedText 3

Posted by Manfred
Mar 15, 2008 at 02:56 PM

Alexander,

I do not want really to defend ConnectedText on the way they license their copies. It’s their business (and very early on, I tried to tell them that their licensing model probably wasn’t the best). But then again, I have come to think that the modular pricing is not all bad.

Just compare it with a license like that of Zoot. You pay $ 99.00 up front (no ifs or buts about it).

CT allows you to start with $29.95. That’s one-third. If you then want to use it on mutliple computers, you can buy the USB version, which adds $67.95, so the total cost is $97.90 (about the same as Zoot). And you now have the capability to use it on as many computers as you want.

You could even start out with the USB version that costs 79.95 (and you would have that capability right away. From the Forum by the developer: “If you buy the USB version you can use in any computer but you cannot use it to install CT in a desktop computer (normal license). Note that you can still use the USB in that computer. ... In fact it is not necessary to have a normal version installed in your desktop if you purchase the USB version. We only recommend to have it since a USB sometimes can fail without notice. The most important thing to do is always backup your data.”

All that being said, I have just two normal licenses (one for home and one for the office - at 54.95 - I am cheap or. I’d like to think “frugal” even in “crimping”). I use SyncBack and a portable drive (the Freeware version) to keep the two copies (as well as other files) in sync. If I forget the portable drive or the synchronization one day, I just use an editor to write what I want to write, and then e-mail it to myself. The same when I’m on the road (which admittedly happens less and less).

Perhaps a USB version would be better, but I have never really missed it.

Manfred