Over the past week or so we have had a number of enquiries from potential purchasers wanting to know if we will be charging extra for our VS 2008 edition. The answer is: No.

If you buy Ruby In Steel Developer today you will be able to upgrade your software to all subsequent editions of the version 1.x product at no additional cost. It makes no difference whether you want to carry on using the VS 2005 edition or if you prefer to switch to the VS 2008 edition. We’ll issue updates to both editions and all of the updates will be free to registered users. In fact, if you like, you may download and install both the VS 2005 and the VS 2008 updates. According to the terms of our license:

“If you wish to install the software onto more than one computer, you may do so. If a second person wishes to use the software, however, then you need to buy a second license.”

As we’ve previously stated, the price of Ruby In Steel will increase with the next major release (1.2) from $199 to $249. However, anyone who buys at the current lower price will have all the upgrades - free of charge - to all VS 2005 / 2008 editions throughout the lifetime of Ruby In Steel 1.x.

We shall shortly release a version of Ruby In Steel 2008 which, to the best of our knowledge, will be functionally equivalent to our VS 2005 product. However, until we are sure that there are no major incompatibilities with VS 2008, this version will be released as a beta. Our final release will follow after a further period of testing.