Jan,

I did not neglect anything. The Personal version IS free. The website you
looked at is a temporary location and does not list all info. E.g., the
price of $495 for the Enterprise edition is not even shown there.

As for the 30-day license: the quoted web page does not say that once the
license expires the user cannot get the permanent one, or that the permanent
license will cost something. When that page was composed, the issue of
pricing was not even discussed inside Gestalt. What was known then is that
the Personal version will have to be made as easy to get as possible. If the
trial period remains, it will be for the sake of us being able to tell how
many "real" users have Scribe. That is, since a freebee carries no monetary
cost, the fact that a hundred thousand people downloaded it does not mean
that they actually use it. On the other hand, if someone wants to use Scribe
after the expiry date, and requests the license, then we can have some
confidence that Scribe is indeed used productively. Either way, the users
will be alerted to this before they download anything.

I can uderstand your skepticism when you get spam promising you something
(usually everything) for nothing, but here you have this from me - one of
the key developers at Gestalt - and still refuse to believe it, and instead
of looking at the product, spend your time and effort in search of hidden
mousetraps.

If you want the proof of the above statement, download and install Scribe
Personal, register the license (the process is automatic), and I will
personally send you the non-expiring license on the same day.

Alex Molochnikov
Gestalt Corporation
www.gestalt.com