Infoselect 9 Preliminary Version

Posted by gunars
May 9, 2006 at 03:50 PM

I would caution people about the subscription purchase. I consider it a rental model rather than a subscription model. At the end of the year, if you decide not to re-subscribe, the software stops functioning as intended. It will only allow you to look at existing notes in read-only mode, but will not allow you to add, change or even export data. When I first got the subscription to IS8, this wasn’t even mentioned on their web site. Only after my repeated complaints, they added: (Upon expiration data is accessed in read-only mode.). See http://www.miclog.com/company/purch_vs_subscr.htm.

I personally refuse to use software that will drop dead if I stop paying (or if the company drops dead). I may or may not get a regular upgrade to IS9, but I will most definately not get the subscription.