NewsMerge 2.2 Released - Totally Free Now

Grossrinderfeld, 2005-08-03.

Adiscon today announced the availability of NewsMerge 2.2. The new release brings some bugfixes and minor feature enhancements - but the most important thing with this release is a really big license change: Starting with 2.2, NewsMerge is totally free. Previous versions had some limitations, for example on the number of subscribers, in the free release. All restrictions are now removed, there is only one edition now, and it is free of any charge.

Does that mean we do now "bundle"  any adware or other junk with NewsMerge? No, definitely not. We have a strict anti-spyware policy and will never distribute any of those things. We can manage to give NewsMerge away free of charge because there is no considerable development effort needed. As such, we do not have any ongoing costs and thus are able to give it away for free. Effort is required for support. However, we have seen that only few of the NewsMerge users actually request support.

So we are changing our policy: while we give away NewsMerge for free, we no longer provide free support (see below for exceptions for already registered users). We think this is a fair move and of advantage for allmost all (if not all) NewsMerge users. Should you be in need of support, please see our support options page for further details. Please also note that you can request feature enhancements. We will gladly provide you with a quote for implementing them.

If you are a registered NewsMerge user, you are entitled for free email support until the end of 2005. To request it, contact the support alias and specify your license name and key in your support request. If you are an UpgradeInsurance customer, free email support is provided up to 6 month after the expiration of your contract. In this case, specify your UpgradeInsurance ID inside the mail.

NewsMerge 2.2 is a free download found at Adiscon's web site. To update a previous version of NewsMerge, download the 2.2 version from the web and install it. NewsMerge will convert your database to the new format automatically (if needed).