JUSTINIAN  1) Its would be reasonable and just to pay the developer for the improvements made in new versions except for his very clear promise never to charge for upgrades, a contract he made that is valid under Italian, EU, US, and international law generaly.

The develper pleads he "made a mistake" making that offer. That is not a defence. One can understand his problem, but not excuse his actions He should not expect others to pay for his mistakes, mistakes he alone is responsible for.

2) Speaking of mistakes, paying developers for correcting bugs after the initial purchase payment, is a commonly accepted but absurd practice that is tolerated nowhere except in the software industry. In this case however the same promise exists never to charge for such corrections.

3) The develper should reconsider his decision and apologize, in order to restore whatever good will and reputation he has earned thus far with his product.   (Version 5.6.1)

ASHKENAZ  I choose my words carefully in this, my first negative review in years of MacUpdate readership.

The original e-mail receipt (dated November 13, 2003) states that "Once registered, the application will never expire and the MultiSync feature will be unlocked to sync all its items. No upgrade fee will never be asked to you, so any future release can be downloaded and used for free . . . " The no-upgrade-fee-ever policy counterbalanced a relatively high purchase price and seemed a good deal both for the purchaser and the developer.

iSynCal 5.6, however, requires an upgrade fee nearly as high as the original purchase price. While it is not unreasonable to charge for upgrades to support continued development, it *is* unreasonable/dishonest/sleazy to charge after explicitly guaranteeing that there never would be such a charge. E-mail to the developer has been ignored. I'd urge potential purchasers to consider the character of the developer before throwing good money after the bad.  (Version 5.6)

AM  I am sure many will find this utility useful.

However, as a rabid iCal user I cannot let the mention of http://icalx.com go by. Its far more useful (and free so far) than this utility and in addition to publishing calendars on multiple Macs (you cant sync - but I dont need to), I can login to my account anytime to see my calendars on the web. I can have private and public calendars and can publish/subscribe notes and alarm. Its identical to all the iCal functions of .Mac without the price.

I am not sure how long iCalx.com will remain free - but I'll start paying as soon as I can.

I hope isynCal fill someones needs - I'm satisfied with iCalx.com

AM  (Version 5.2.1)

ANONYMOUS  A secondary download link for a zip file was already present on the iSynCal's web site, but now I have also changed the download link on MacUpdate to point to the zip file instead of the sitx one.

Thanks for the suggestion.  (Version 5.2)