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TheBrain v10 Alpha is available
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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Aug 28, 2018 at 11:52 AM
TheBrain’s CTO post below may explain the appearance of version 10 very soon after v.9.
https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/8077/5
That said, this is an alpha version we are talking about; it can be a long time before it is becomes a final product.
Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 28, 2018 at 04:30 PM
Not that it matters—and developer’s choice of version numbers is entirely idiosyncratic—but the beta process for v9 was very long—staring 10/2016 and ending about 18 months later. TheBrain company made noise about of the “new start” that v9 was, and how it would enable significant new features “in the future”. Well, v10 is a bundle of cosmetic but hardly significant features, in my opinion. So it’s more of a lipstick-on-the-pig release.
FWIW, they just released an upgrade for their iOS version that appears to have been untested—the marquee feature in that upgrade failed completely on iPad Pro.
Lothar Scholz wrote:
They are rising the major version numbers way to fast on a very
>expensive piece of software to make me interested in it.
>Does this little feature update really justify a new version?
Posted by Paul J. Miller
Aug 29, 2018 at 06:07 PM
Lothar Scholz wrote:
They are rising the major version numbers way to fast on a very
>expensive piece of software to make me interested in it.
>Does this little feature update really justify a new version?
They are just trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of the existing customer base.
I won’t be upgrading.
Posted by NW
Aug 29, 2018 at 10:53 PM
Or are trying to convince their subscribers they are getting value for money.
Paul J. Miller wrote:
>
>Lothar Scholz wrote:
>They are rising the major version numbers way to fast on a very
>>expensive piece of software to make me interested in it.
>>Does this little feature update really justify a new version?
>
>They are just trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of the
>existing customer base.
>
>I won’t be upgrading.
>
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Aug 30, 2018 at 01:19 PM
FWIW, they don’t charge for upgrades if you’re a subscriber, which I’d guess most of their users are. So they don’t get more money just because they issue a new version. Issuing new versions, however, does give the appearance of added value for a subscription.
Paul J. Miller wrote:
>
>Lothar Scholz wrote:
>They are rising the major version numbers way to fast on a very
>>expensive piece of software to make me interested in it.
>>Does this little feature update really justify a new version?
>
>They are just trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of the
>existing customer base.
>
>I won’t be upgrading.
>