Re: st: Is version 12 coming soon?

[Duha Altindag <daltin2@tigers.lsu.edu>]

"When Stata 12 comes out there will usually be a reduced price
> for upgrading to 12 for those who bought Stata 11 not too long
> ago."

Thanks - that's very helpful

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Maarten buis <maartenbuis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> --- On Thu, 17/3/11, Duha Altindag wrote:
>> I'm in the process of ordering Stata which I will using
>> starting July 2011.
>>
>> Specifically, I have two options:
>> 1-) order 11th version now and upgrade it when 12th comes
>> out. - Cost of this is the upgrade cost from 11 to 12.
>> 2-) wait until 12th comes out and then order version 12. -
>> cost of this is =  Prob(12th version does not come out until
>> July) * Cost of not being able to use Stata until it comes out.
>
> I have two thoughts on this:
>
> If you got Stata 11 and Stata 12 comes out, you can still use
> Stata 11 as you obtained a perpetual licence. So if you think
> you can do what you want with Stata 11, then there is no
> need to upgrade. Since I obtained my versions of Stata through
> my department, there has often been a substantial lag between
> the time that a new version came out and the time I obtained
> it, and in most cases that has not been a problem.
>
> When Stata 12 comes out there will usually be a reduced price
> for upgrading to 12 for those who bought Stata 11 not too long
> ago.
>
> -- Maarten
>
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