It would appear over the last 2 weeks or so we've entered a period of stability but who knows whats going on behind the scenes. While it wasn't exactly portrayed as such, the daily updates were more of beta releases to get new functionality out the door as quickly as possible - that may not have been (and was not always) bug free. It would appear they have adopted more of a RAD (Rapid Application Development) methodology vs an older and more traditional Waterfall Method.

Yes in recent history there were daily updates. I spend $80 to fill my tank at the station every time, I can ultimately live with an annual $30. In the long run, $30 a year is still FAR cheaper than using any off the shelf system that requires cloud services and I get far more control and options and - the data is kept on prem. FWIW, the current version as of the time of this post is 5.3.1.6 but it's worth noting that the latest 'Highly Stable' update is 5.3.0.3.Īt first I was a bit frustrated by it but eventually I did opt for renewing my support contract, as I've documented on this forum, as just knowing there are updates I don't have will drive my OCD into overdrive. It is a bit frustrating as I too originally assumed I could continue getting any updates as long as I stayed on the BI5 version and losing support would just take away my ability to contact - Support. Access to updates however does require an active support contract (this was not always the case - or not enforced - but it is what it is now and honestly for a business, it makes sense). You are more than welcome to continue using BI5 for life as you bought it. I can't say I saw the, as you call it, 'nag alert' but it does go with what Tim is saying. I'm not sure if something broke in my installation, or if they simply went from daily updates screwing with things to no updates unless you have or continue to pay for an active support contract? Is the support contract alert (aka nagware) just their way of doing business now?Īnd are there no more updates within the same version for paid customers? Updates never happen automatically, and if done manually result in the system thinking its an evaluation version. Now it seems alerts are useless as they are used to nag customers into paying fora support contract. I thought when i paid for version 5, i would get updates through the life of version 5. Is the daily support contract nag alert on purpose?Īnd are updates no longer allowed when you dont have an active support contract? Ruining alert usefulness with nagging sucks.

I get a daily alert that my support contract has ended, however i dont care. If i leave it alone, it stays on version 5.2.8.3 and never seems to update. If i manually update (and i paid for version 5) then it tells me im not registered for this version. Which was super annoying as it broke things weekly. A few months ago updates were happening daily.

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