define: crossgrade??? (2 Viewers)

[J0n]

In the Fowler book, it says "An upgrade to the new version is offered to existing users and often a crossgrade is offered to registered users of competing products." - what exactaly is a crossgrade?

 

[Beaky]

Fowler bad. Davis good...

In regards to your question i havnt come across that terminology in the syllabus. Dont worry about it if its not there... Double check it though

 

[J0n]

I know Davis is better - i got that one too, but we use Fowler at school, and that is where our teacher will take the questions for for the test, so i am going to study that one first.

When I search 'crossgrade' on google, all i get is stuff about "acoustic systems"!?!

 

[sunny]

Originally posted by J0n
In the Fowler book, it says "An upgrade to the new version is offered to existing users and often a crossgrade is offered to registered users of competing products." - what exactaly is a crossgrade?

I don't remember coming across crossgrading either. But as I understand it, crossgrading is when you purchase software that 'crossgrades' you to a similar/equivlent version. Say you might have paid for the standard version of some software. Paying a discounted crossgrade fee you'll have access to the professional version's features.

So I would imagine in this case, if say you are used to using photoshop 6. I might be offering you a crossgrade of my own photo editing software for a cheap price to get you interested in my software.

 

[sikeveo]

never heard of it!!! we get both davis and fowler

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by sunny
I don't remember coming across crossgrading either. But as I understand it, crossgrading is when you purchase software that 'crossgrades' you to a similar/equivlent version. Say you might have paid for the standard version of some software. Paying a discounted crossgrade fee you'll have access to the professional version's features.

So I would imagine in this case, if say you are used to using photoshop 6. I might be offering you a crossgrade of my own photo editing software for a cheap price to get you interested in my software.

Hmmmm i thought it was more like a redemption upgrade, whereby you purchase say Win2k, and then XP was released a few mths later and you can claim XP at a special offer.