Commercial - StrePla Competitive Upgrade

I see nothing in this licensing statement that would
prevent what Paul is doing. The user isn't returning
or reselling the product only proving that he purchased
it.



At 12:36 20 May 2004, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi Andrej and everyone,

Let me say for the record that SeeYou, like StrePla,
is a great product and
the SeeYou team supports it very well. I am trying
to do a very good job
selling and supporting StrePla. Like you, I want to
have a friendly
relationship with you both in public and private.
We have a lot in common.

However, I am very surprised by your response. I am
being completely
sincere when I say that I don't see anything illegal
or even questionable
about this marketing technique. My marketing approach
in offering a
'Competitive Upgrade' is very common in the software
industry. For example,
for years you could upgrade to the latest version of
Microsoft Excel by
sending in the license key or box top from Lotus 123.
The same was true
for upgrades to the latest version of Corel Draw from
competitive products.

I'm not sure I follow you note below in regard to reselling
or returning
without permission of the authors. I'm not going to
use their SeeYou
license key or pass it on to anyone else. Therefore
they are not reselling
or returning it. I am an ethical person that can be
trusted. I just want
to verify that they are actually a SeeYou user and
not simply saying they
are a SeeYou user.

I am frustrated by your statement that this marketing
strategy is unethical.
I am an extremely ethical person with great integrity.
I am just trying to
give customers a slightly less expensive way to get
into a bundle of
pocket*StrePla and StrePla. The upgrade does not apply
to upgrades to
StrePla only, just the bundle.

In regard to the 'free marketing for SeeYou'. I have
always tried to show
customers all the options before they buy. That is
clear in the hardware
and software comparisons on my web site. I often mention
to customers that
there are 2 very good soaring flight planning and analysis
programs
available - StrePla and SeeYou. I sell StrePla and
I like it very much. I
imagine that some people will buy from me because they
see something in
StrePla they like, or they feel I will offer good support.

I am sincerely very interested in feedback from others
as to whether they
think my 'Competitive Upgrade' marketing strategy is
at all illegal or
unethical. If people think I'm doing something very
wrong I will gladly
change my strategy so as to keep my reputation intact.
But really don't
think I'm doing anything bad. Really.

Sincerely,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring Supplies
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com


'Andrej Kolar' wrote in message
...
SeeYou users.

Forwarding your SeeYou key to a third party is not
allowed according to
the
license you have agreed upon when installing the SeeYou.
A snip out of the
license agreement: 'After you have received the registration
key for the
software it is not possible to return or resell it
without permission of
the
authors of this software.'

What Paul is asking you to do is illegal from where
SeeYou and Strepla
businesses come from.

It is also very questionable in terms of commercial
ethics, but I hope we
don't have to go into that on a public newsgroup.
Being an ever optimist,
I
am sure we (the parties involved) can talk as adults
even though we are
competitors on a free market. It's been that way so
far.

Enjoy using the software you like best.
Andrej Kolar
--
glider pilots use
http://www.SeeYou.ws/

'Paul Remde' wrote in message
news:huLqc.34513$6f5.3442400@attbi_s54...
Hi,

I'm sorry about this being the 3rd commercial post
I've done in the last
day
or so. I tend to do them in spurts... I promise
to slow down after
this
one.

Being a US dealer for StrePla and pocket*StrePla
and a member of Team
StrePla I have found that many customers are impressed
with the features
of
the products, but they are already using SeeYou.
Therefore I am now
offering a 'competitive upgrade' option for SeeYou
users.

If you are currently using SeeYou and you are interested
in using
pocket*StrePla and StrePla, you can buy the StrePla-Bundle-Upgra
de for
$294.
It includes the full version of both StrePla and
pocket*StrePla. The
price
is $74 less than buying both StrePla and pocket*StrePla
and is less than
the
price of WinPilot Pro. You will be asked to enter
your SeeYou
registration
key when you place the order.

StrePla offers some unique features like free US
Sectional Aeronautical
charts. pocket*StrePla offers full access to all
the maps used in
StrePla
and some very nice in-flight task optimization features
that are great
for
pilots doing OLC (Online Contest) flights or FAI
free distance flights.

Of course, you may download and try the software
before you buy it.

Thank you,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
http://www.cumulus-soaring.com