I, along with many other MS/Groove users, are very grateful and appreciative of the service that Dom and LionsTracs provides.

However, that said, I would be just as happy if Dom charged a fee for major upgrades.

For example if he charged say, 50 Euro for the next major upgrade to 5.0..No problem at all, well for me anyway. And I do not think it would be a problem for most of us here who are MS users.

As always LionsTracs ALWAYS provide bug fixes, and minor improvements for free. (well I do think they should continue to charge a small server cost fee, but thats just my opinion, after all he is NOT a benevolent society )

Or perhaps offer a yearly subscription. Say 100 Euro a year for all upgrades??? Excluding bug-fixes.

However, I DO think he gets so much grief and complaint about ANY extra fees (or as he says "stressing me") from European customers, that he just could not be bothered. Take the recent small (and it was small) fee he charged/wanted to charge for folks downloading from the website as an example. And that was ONLY to cover server expenses, nothing else.

I think, he would rather just get on with being creative, and continue the development.

In any case, I think the sales of the MS are far greater than ANYONE here can know.

So just quietly, between you, me, and the gatepost, I think he is doing okay.

Especially in Europe. You only have to see the number of re-sellers appearing for the LionsTracs product range to realise that.

And they ARE selling product!!!

I think the ball has well and truly started rolling for Dom and LionsTracs.
The trickle that started a few years back, has developed into a much bigger stream, and as the word goes futher, it will develop into a flood.

There would be many Open Labs users, who would be SERIOUSLY looking to replace with the Groove series, not to mention Motif and Fantom users as well.

So my view is as long as the fees are reasonable, go for it Dom. No complaint from me.

Dennis