I said I’d make this application available in March and by my clock I’m meeting that deadline with 31 hours to spare!
The latest version of Help Center (v2.0) is now available for FREE as a download. It contains many new features over the previous version.
My decision to make this software (which had previously been sold for approx. $500/server) free is based largely on my lack of time to make sure I can be available for real-time support, like I could when I launched the first few versions in the last couple of years. While version 2 has been in use at some locations for many months, there might be a few bugs in it that I will work to fix over time. — I just wouldn’t feel right charging people for this version knowing that I haven’t been able to do the exhaustive testing that the previous version had.
That’s why its “free.” — I also feel like its my turn to give back to the software development community. I’ve downloaded hundreds of applications, templates, blogs, etc. that people have built and posted for free over the years. I think that whenever you take advantage of that type of thing, you need to contribute something in return, or donate to some of the causes.
So here’s my contribution. Please do visit the Help Center link for more information, screenshots and the download.
All I ask is that you take a moment to register with the site prior to downloading. It’ll help me get an idea of how many people have downloaded it and give me an idea of who’s using it. — Don’t worry, I sell your information or pass it on to a business partner and cause you tons of sales calls. That would defeat the whole “giving something back” concept.
April 7th, 2007 at 6:54 am
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