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Please bring the Freelance Plus back

From what can be seen in the sales channel, the Freelance Plus version has been removed. This a very bad move, please consider bringing it back.

Jerzy Czopik
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  • I perceive two major misconceptions on the part of RWS:
    - Working in the Online Editor is by no means equivalent to using a local Studio installation: not only is functionality missing but working is slower overall.
    - As far as I can see, many freelancers use (at least) two computers; the combination of desktop and laptop is apparently not that unusual.
    Even though the Studio subscription might look like a viable alternative, this relies on RWS's licensing servers being available (and performing) on a 24/7 basis. Sorry, but looking at the overall stability of cloud-based RWS applications, I wouldn't be prepared to bet on this.

    In summary: if this was a deliberate decision (not a "glitch"), I believe it was short-sighted.

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  • I perceive two major misconceptions on the part of RWS:
    - Working in the Online Editor is by no means equivalent to using a local Studio installation: not only is functionality missing but working is slower overall.
    - As far as I can see, many freelancers use (at least) two computers; the combination of desktop and laptop is apparently not that unusual.
    Even though the Studio subscription might look like a viable alternative, this relies on RWS's licensing servers being available (and performing) on a 24/7 basis. Sorry, but looking at the overall stability of cloud-based RWS applications, I wouldn't be prepared to bet on this.

    In summary: if this was a deliberate decision (not a "glitch"), I believe it was short-sighted.

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  • in reply to Ralf Lemster

    Thanks Ralf,

    It was a glitch. Also just to clarify on subscription handling - we don't check the subscription license on a permanent basis. It is checked out and then gets checked periodically, but not permanently. And of course, we need to guarantee industry-standard uptime. We also have what we call an 'offline grace period' mechanism which ensures subscription licenses continue working in outage scenarios. Personally, I find the subscription license better, implying less effort on the user's part. But of course, we need to do a (near) 100% job on providing robustness and uptime. 

    Thanks, Daniel