On 7/10/2013 22:29, Eric Stewart wrote:
  1. Software is handled differently. It's easy to get a replacement drive or RAM if needed. It's even easy to get a one-time charge for, say, an upgrade to VMWare Fusion. A yearly software fee for something that does what a product we already have does? Hard to justify.
Yup, this is key information missing from the post that sparked the debate, I think: you already have something that pretty much does what you need. In such case of course this is just an extra cost, even if it's a very low number. I wouldn't get anything approved that we had already bought in a different form if it's not significantly better.
The split editions move is just crappy timing for me.  Not blaming anyone for that, not really even complaining, that's just what it is.  And I have no problem with the need to fund development, nor the method used to do so.  Just doesn't look like it's going to work for my situation because the product just isn't where we would need it to be to buy in at this time.
I appreciate any insight in why it's not where you want it to be, or what is missing to convince anyone to sign up, obviously. If the free version is fine for you, and you can live with its limitations, well, that's what it's there for then. :-)

Tom