{"id":1138,"date":"2012-09-03T12:17:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T00:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2012-09-03T12:17:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T00:17:39","slug":"widening-of-upgrade-eligibility-in-xe3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/posts\/1138\/","title":{"rendered":"Widening of Upgrade Eligibility in XE3&#8230;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes]<\/span><\/span><p>Having checked <a href=\"https:\/\/store.embarcadero.com\/542\/catalog\/product.s2750\/language.en\/currency.USD\/?id=7pZztHXtsL\">the online store listing for Delphi XE3 which is now up<\/a>, it appears that the upgrade eligibility window for XE3 may have been nudged open ever-so-slightly wider.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The eligibility window introduced by Embarcadero has previously, consistently, been current version and the two immediately prior versions.  Additionally they generously [sic] allowed holders of a license for one additional older version to upgrade, as long as they did so before the end of the year.  This additional, limited time eligibility was always specifically mentioned in the store <a href=\"http:\/\/edn.embarcadero.com\/article\/41577#23WhoqualifiesfortheupgradepricingonRADStudioXE\">and in the FAQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So for XE2 the products eligible for upgrade were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>XE (current)<\/li>\n<li>2010 (previous)<\/li>\n<li>2009<\/li>\n<li>2007 (until 31-Dec-2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And we might have expected that for XE3 the eligible versions for upgrade pricing would be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>XE2 (current)<\/li>\n<li>XE (previous)<\/li>\n<li>2010<\/li>\n<li>2009 (until 31-Dec-2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, as you can see in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.embarcadero.com\/542\/catalog\/product.s2750\/language.en\/currency.USD\/?id=7pZztHXtsL\">the on-line store listing for XE3<\/a>, there is no mention of any time limit on the eligibility of Delphi 2009 for upgrade pricing.<\/p>\n<p>So whilst the window isn&#8217;t actually any wider than we might have expected at this point, it does look as if it won&#8217;t be pulled in a little tighter in a few months time as has happened in previous years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">[Estimated Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\">&lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes]<\/span><\/span> Having checked the online store listing for Delphi XE3 which is now up, it appears that the upgrade eligibility window for XE3 may have been nudged open ever-so-slightly wider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[4,163],"tags":[292,176,177,164],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1TKYv-im","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1166,"url":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/posts\/1166\/","url_meta":{"origin":1138,"position":0},"title":"XE3 Upgrade from Delphi 2009 &#8211; Only Until the End of the Year","date":"05 Sep 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I previously speculated that the upgrade eligibility window for XE3 might have been edged open ever so slightly. Sadly it seems this is not the case (German language forum). At least, not unless they extend another upgrade offer as they did with XE2. Here's the response, as translated by Google:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Delphi&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1097,"url":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/posts\/1097\/","url_meta":{"origin":1138,"position":1},"title":"EULA Change:  No Client\/Server in XE3 Pro. Not even 3rd Party.","date":"28 Aug 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't enjoy posting this news. I really don't. I had hoped that my next post would be a more positive report following the Auckland leg of the XE3 World Tour this morning (and that will come later today). 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Being a scant 6 months since XE4 was released, with a $49 special upgrade price for XE3 Pro customers, I looked to see what special price might be on offer for XE5. $499 is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Delphi&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1133,"url":"https:\/\/www.deltics.co.nz\/blog\/posts\/1133\/","url_meta":{"origin":1138,"position":5},"title":"XE3 Released.  Available to Download Now for SA Subscribers","date":"03 Sep 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I just got an email from Embarcadero announcing the availability of XE3 for download from the Maintenance Portal. Both a 51 MB web installer and a 3.1 GB ISO are available. I don't have any public links, and presumably anyone on SA will have received their notifications directly already. 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