Anth Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 For everyone concerned about this: The forum is set to renew on the 2nd of April 2025. Hopefully everything was set up by the new Private Division correctly for this to work when the time comes. We will just have to wait and see. -Anth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTLparachute Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 49 minutes ago, Anth said: For everyone concerned about this: The forum is set to renew on the 2nd of April 2025. Hopefully everything was set up by the new Private Division correctly for this to work when the time comes. We will just have to wait and see. -Anth Wonderful news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 That is great. Does that mean a week of darkness? @Anth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anth Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 27 minutes ago, ColdJ said: That is great. Does that mean a week of darkness? A week of darkness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdJ Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 25 minutes ago, Anth said: A week of darkness? Yes, This one ends on the 26th. That one starts on the 2nd of April. What happens inbetween? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 2 hours ago, Anth said: The forum is set to renew on the 2nd of April 2025. I want to praise whoever had the wisdom to thought to themself: "Humm... April 1st is not exactly the wisest choice given the current Forum's mood..." Spoiler What makes me wonder... This next April 1st is going to be interesting... 22 minutes ago, ColdJ said: What happens inbetween? Absolutely nothing out of the usual. Invision's License allows the perpetual use of the Software often the License expires, but without updates neither support. And you can renew the License up to one year after the expiring without consequences (and for a smaller fee after that period). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anth Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 1 hour ago, ColdJ said: Yes, This one ends on the 26th. That one starts on the 2nd of April. I think it is as @Lisias stated. Also the last time it renewed, I think it renewed before the renew date stated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_kerman Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 4 hours ago, Anth said: For everyone concerned about this: The forum is set to renew on the 2nd of April 2025. Hopefully everything was set up by the new Private Division correctly for this to work when the time comes. We will just have to wait and see. -Anth Really?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iapetus7342 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Epic. Don't know if we'll get another renewal after this though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 YES! 5 hours ago, Lisias said: Invision's License allows the perpetual use of the Software often the License expires, but without updates neither support. And you can renew the License up to one year after the expiring without consequences (and for a smaller fee after that period). Wait, so this entire scare was for nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 8 hours ago, Anth said: For everyone concerned about this: The forum is set to renew on the 2nd of April 2025. Hopefully everything was set up by the new Private Division correctly for this to work when the time comes. We will just have to wait and see. -Anth First and foremost: HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH! Second: how long will this new license be for? Any word on that? Third: i have never been happier about being wrong. 103003252025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natorius Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 14 minutes ago, Mr. Kerbin said: YES! Wait, so this entire scare was for nothing? I don't know if this is the general or majority concern, but for me the major issue wasn't the license itself but what it represented: that the new PD could not or would not support the forums. If they couldn't be bothered to renew the license, what guarantee would we have that they'd resolve other issues? At least now they have a financial incentive to fix stuff since the license fee would be wasted otherwise. So perhaps it was overblown in that some believed the forums would simply disappear, but imo that's fair and innocent misunderstanding of how the forum software works, not intentional doommongering for the sake of drama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 21 minutes ago, Mr. Kerbin said: Wait, so this entire scare was for nothing? Not necessarily. Usually (in the sense, almost every time) Companies just don't use unsupported Software. And the reason is simpler than you though: chain of responsibility, also known as: someone to take the blame. Companies need someone to "blame" when something breaks, and unsupported Software are essentially blameless. Some few Companies are bold enough to give the one finger salute to some Software Providers and internalize the know-how needed to keep things running (pretty common on the SAP World), but most of the time letting Support to expire means that the Company is ditching the solution. 23 minutes ago, AlamoVampire said: Second: how long will this new license be for? Any word on that? 4 minutes ago, Natorius said: <...> that the new PD could not or would not support the forums. If they couldn't be bothered to renew the license, what guarantee would we have that they'd resolve other issues? <...> It's not the only possible explanation, besides being the usual one. See above. Sometimes, you just have to cut some costs no matter how because you don't want to ditch the Solution (at least yet), but can't keep it properly neither with the current budget. So you cut costs that causes minimum consequences in the short run, hoping for the best until you are fully budgeted again. And it usually works - keep in mind that we just have notice about the failures, as nobody yells to everybody "Hey! I almost gone bankrupt, but recovered and now I paying everybody again!". You can bet your favorite mouse that Invision pass trough this situation regularly, and allowing these clients to come back at (almost) any time is a hell of an incentive to prevent losing them to a open source alternative to avoid paying again the full entry price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrneon Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 First of all, yay!!! Second of all, for how long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoolRools Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Thank god Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Kerbin Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 4 hours ago, AlamoVampire said: Second: how long will this new license be for? Any word on that? A year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 7 minutes ago, Mr. Kerbin said: A year. Source? 144103252025 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale37 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Thank the kerbal gods! so is this haveli paying for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FTLparachute Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 1 minute ago, Mr. Kerbin said: that aged very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_kerman Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 3 minutes ago, FTLparachute said: that aged very well. Yea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 (edited) To be clear, this is what the software has been saying the whole time. Some people think it is a message of doom, others think it's good news. EDIT: At least, that's the message I've seen each time I logged in to check over the last few months. Edited March 25 by Deddly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbra humanus Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 But will we be lucky next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechBFP Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 6 hours ago, Deddly said: To be clear, this is what the software has been saying the whole time. Some people think it is a message of doom, others think it's good news. EDIT: At least, that's the message I've seen each time I logged in to check over the last few months. FYI that as far as I am aware no one else can see whatever you can see lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 5 hours ago, MechBFP said: FYI that as far as I am aware no one else can see whatever you can see lol. No, exactly. I'm currently the only one on the team who can see that. It says nothing more than "Renews: 2 April 2025", just like it has been saying for months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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