[thelist] Lasso 5

Angie Ahl angie at vertebrate.co.uk
Thu Oct 18 12:55:29 CDT 2001


>It's a paid beta (you get a free upgrade at the end and it was pretty
>>  much fully functional at the end of the alpha last night) so may not
>
>I sure have a bone to pick with companies that offer a product but provide
>no pricing.  They say that the paid beta is a savings of $200 but nowhere do
>they quote the price.  So what is the price?
>
>Russell Griechen


Oh they do:

 From the press release on their website:
http://www.blueworld.com/blueworld/news/10.17.01-LP5SEB.html

Pricing and Availability

The beta version of Lasso Professional 5 Standard Edition is 
available immediately for purchase direct from the Blue World Store 
at http://store.blueworld.com. The final version of Lasso 
Professional 5 Standard Edition is scheduled for release in late 2001.

Special pricing for the Beta program includes a $200 discount from 
the standard list price for new purchases. Lasso Professional 5 
Standard Edition Beta is available immediately to first-time 
purchasers for $999 as an electronic download only, and as an upgrade 
to registered owners of Lasso Web Data Engine 3.x for $599 as an 
electronic download only.

Upon final release, standard list pricing of Lasso Professional 5 
Standard Edition will be $1,199 for an electronic download, and 
$1,299 for a boxed package complete with printed documentation and 
CD. Standard upgrade pricing for registered owners of Lasso Web Data 
Engine 3.x is $599 for an electronic download, and $699 for a boxed 
package with printed documentation and CD.

Registered customers who purchased Lasso Web Data Engine 3.x between 
July 24, 2001 and October 16, 2001 can upgrade to Lasso Professional 
5 Standard Edition for $399 for the electronic download, and $499 for 
the boxed package when available. This is a limited time offer valid 
until January 31, 2002.




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