Hey everyone:
I pretty much agree with Roy and Paul. Hell, how could you not. Basically, one lives under the rules of what the rules were when the agreed to them. I can't recall, but I believe I paid $250 for mine. Someone purchasing today would pay $995. That doesn't mean I owe $745. Part of this is semantics. A subscription model would indicate one had to pay yearly or whatever time period to continue to use the product. A yearly fee for support and updates is just that. Plenty, if not all of the large software companies such as Microsoft or even Cortex, will come out with a statement saying they will no longer support Version X. So, you have a choice. Keep Version X with no support or upgrade to Version Y and have support. But, AC cannot force someone to purchase another version if the original agreement stated otherwise. Well, they could, but I doubt any lawyer could win that one. Now, Jon could implement a subscription service from this day forward and those who want to upgrade could.
Now, I do not believe this liability lawyer thing for a minute. I may be off on some of this, but the product was purchased "as is."
Here is the thing, and I have said this at least a hundred times. Amazing Charts is a great product well worth the $995, but:
If no one has been sued over the current medication database, then they are never going to be sued. All of the databases, but especially the medication databases, are horrible! It is unusable. It is a lawsuit waiting to happen. And, not one new FDA database has made it any better.
Not to brag here, but I shouldn't have to spend over two months each night designing a completely new database from scratch. And, although 74 users have downloaded it, I do not lose a minute's sleep over the chance I may have written Concerta 560 mg instead of 56 mg. It's "as is." Granted, I didn't write that so maybe I should go to the sample closet and grab some Rozerem. But, life's too short. And, I am working on version 2. It's open source, so there is no charge.
To use Roy's analogy, one shouldn't have to pay to upgrade the medication database, it should be recognized as one that is totally inaccurate and be recalled for free.
