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Re: Builder 2006 -Maintenance??!!! Does anybody else have an opinion?

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From: Jeff Overcash (TeamB)
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:05
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Greg kaup wrote:
> 
> > Question 2: What will the new license agreement be? . . .
> > We have a update version that requires v5.0 which requires version
> > 4.0... After just getting a new computer, two versions of  BCB had to
> > be installed before we could install 6.0 and that requires a login to
> > Borland for a software key.. . .
> > If I buy the upgrade, how many installations will have to be
> > performed? four?!
> >
> 
> My question exactly... Do I have to buy a "new license" for Builder 2006
> to keep from reinstalling 4,5 & 6?  I'd kind of like to upgrade my
> machine at the same time!   Does ANYONE know the answer to this or are
> we being ignored again!?

What you are describing has never been the way Borland upgrades have worked. 
You do not have to have BCB5 installed to install BCB6 upgrade.

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