Subject: Re: version question - msg#00078

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On Nov 24, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Tony Alfrey wrote:

Norman Palardy wrote:
On Nov 24, 2006, at 10:56 AM, Tony Alfrey wrote:
Hello;

I have version 5.5.4 which I run on a G4 powerbook with 10.3.9. Now I need to upgrade the OS to 10.4 because I fried my DVD burner and the new double layer burners need 10.4.

So will RealBasic 5.5.4 run on Mac OSX 10.4??
should
wasn't 5.5.5 a free upgrade ?

May be, but I didn't see it on the upgrade page.

You may have to ask real for it directly which may still cost you money
They've removed old versions from the servers because they were getting hacked and people were using them for free

Of course this could be good for REAL if they did what Borland did years ago with Turbo Pascal
They knew folks were stealing the software but it was really useless without the manuals and language references
So people would buy it just to get the manuals

REAL would be smart to take advantage of this and make it so the old versions that can be hacked have no LR in them so that it's not as useful without manuals and the LR

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Re: version question

Norman Palardy wrote: On Nov 24, 2006, at 10:56 AM, Tony Alfrey wrote: Hello; I have version 5.5.4 which I run on a G4 powerbook with 10.3.9. Now I need to upgrade the OS to 10.4 because I fried my DVD burner and the new double layer burners need 10.4. So will RealBasic 5.5.4 run on Mac OSX 10.4?? should wasn't 5.5.5 a free upgrade ? May be, but I didn't see it on the upgrade page. I know it works as I use that on 10.4 a lot still Very good. Thanks. -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx "I'd Rather Be Sailing"

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On Nov 24, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Tony Alfrey wrote: Norman Palardy wrote: On Nov 24, 2006, at 10:56 AM, Tony Alfrey wrote: Hello; I have version 5.5.4 which I run on a G4 powerbook with 10.3.9. Now I need to upgrade the OS to 10.4 because I fried my DVD burner and the new double layer burners need 10.4. So will RealBasic 5.5.4 run on Mac OSX 10.4?? should wasn't 5.5.5 a free upgrade ? May be, but I didn't see it on the upgrade page. You must contact RB to get it now. The only upgrades posted are the last two releases. Terry

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On Nov 24, 2006, at 10:42 AM, Norman Palardy wrote: Of course this could be good for REAL if they did what Borland did years ago with Turbo Pascal They knew folks were stealing the software but it was really useless without the manuals and language references So people would buy it just to get the manuals REAL would be smart to take advantage of this and make it so the old versions that can be hacked have no LR in them so that it's not as useful without manuals and the LR Hmm. REALbasic; Windows; Hackers. The latter two go hand in hand. I guess Mac people are more used to being honest. Besides, Win32 users were given free versions of 5.5.5 only a few years ago. Some publications in the UK were offering free versions of 5.? as well at the same time. Actually, 5.5.4 isn't all that different than 5.5.5 and will work fine on OS X 10.4.x. There were probably a few fixes but they may not affect Tony at all. I believe the cost of the upgrade CD from REAL isn't all that much. It's mostly the hassle of doing it. Terry

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