A couple weeks ago the management of the site Giveaway of the Day contacted me, inquiring about offering Process Lasso Pro for free during a 24 hour period. Users would be required to activate the software within that 24 hour period, and could not re-activate it again. In other words, after an uninstall, they would have to buy the product. I did later decide to change their usual policy and allow for all free users to get minor updates to v3, as it seems only fair.
In complete honesty, version 4 isn't far off anyway (though any critical fixes will be back-ported). I hope to make version 4 compelling enough to warrant spending money on, but users can always switch to the free edition of v4 when it becomes available. As users know, I do not cripple the software, I just give some incentive to upgrade to the Pro edition.
Well, back to the topic, I'm happy to say that the promotion went wonderfully! I was a bit shocked at first. I was up at 3:00am working hard on Process Lasso v4 and PECompact v3.04, when all the sudden hell broke loose (I had mistakenly thought the GOTD program started 5 hours later, oops). Suddenly emails were flying in -- due to a brief problem with the activation system. Within seconds I fixed the activation system, and then had to stay awake for a total of 36 hours to monitor the give-away traffic and respond to user queries. I did sleep here and there, I think. I would wake up, type some deranged sounding support responses, then sleep again .. I made it through though, and it was well worth it ;).
The reception could not have been better. The users there really seem to be the type of power users that Process Lasso is aimed towards. Of course, there are always a couple cynical people and negative comments, but it was mostly very positive.
I thank the GOTD community for being so accepting of my software, and helping me to maintain my passion for developing it. It is easy to get de-motivated in this world, and refreshing communities like this really re-enforce my inspiration.
I especially thank all those who went ahead and upgraded to a Lifetime or Entire Home license. Thank you very much ;). As with everything in this world, I must generate revenue to keep developing the software I develop. You are the people who make Bitsum Technologies possible ;).
Finally, I also would like to thank BuBBy for suggesting Process Lasso to the staff of Giveaway of the Day, keeping me updated with user comments that needed responses, and generally being a good guy ;).
Saturday, 22 May 2010
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