Existing users, 
This says it all:
"Each client licenses can be used to synchronise one user account's Address Book. So if you have 2 user accounts on two different systems, you need at least a 5 user license to cover the 4 user accounts. "
Not for anyone but the foolish.
Address Book Server
Share contacts & calendar events between Mac and the Web.
Version: 30 October
Very Greedy Developer
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: Brass Hammer Sunday, February 08 2009 @ 02:50 PM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
Recommend Product: NO
Comments
Very Greedy Developer - but does it work? - lostinspace2011--2008
Thanks for the reasonable feed back on this post. You can request a 2 user evaluation license via the website or email form me (the developer). Then you can see for yourself that this product does work.Sunday, March 29 2009 @ 04:20 AM PDT
Very Greedy Developer - lostinspace2011--2008
I am the developer of Address Book and Calendar Server and feel I need to comment on this aspect. The licensing model requires each user accounts which contributed to the centrally shared Address Book to be licensed. This is quite common practice in software development and done by many applications. The same as having to have the operating system licensed for example.I particularly set the cost of the product so low, that this would never be a problem. Currently a 2 User license costs £25.00 ($35.00 USD) which is a cost of about $17.00 per client account. The scale goes up to £450.00 ($650.00 USD) for an unlimited client license. This allows me to offer smaller clients a solution at a reasonable cost to them as well as larger ones the opportunity to scale without incurring additional costs.
Then there is one other aspect of software development. It doesn't grow on trees. To design and develop any application takes quite some effort. I wonder what the person who submitted the previous post does in their day time, that they give away for free. There are very few free bees to be had in the real world. Fortunately some developers are either lucky enough to be financially independent, or have other sponsors who support them, allowing them to offer the fruits of their labour for free. Unfortunately I am not one of these (yet).
Sunday, March 29 2009 @ 04:16 AM PDT
Very Greedy Developer - but does it work? - afterhours
What alternatives do you suggest? If this works, then is the price that bad? I've been looking for this kind of solution for a while. If the other developers aren't stepping up to the plate, and if this works as advertised, is it that cheap? Not supporting his licensing, but not knocking it if it works, either.Reply to This
Monday, February 09 2009 @ 02:42 PM PST