"Anyway, I'm intrigued by Ultimate, but not sure I understand the pricing. So the $19.99/year -- is this a subscription based software product? Or can I get ultimate, and not choose to update for 3 years, at which point I can spend $19.99 for to bring the software up to date? "
Any clarification on how this will be handled Mike?
Jpegman
As far as I know, you have it correct.
He has done it this way for many years with Upgrades on Profile Prism.
I have to say, in all fairness to you, that based on what Mike has added to Ultimate in the past three months; Tone Targeted Sharpening, HDR, Fill algorithms that actually work, Auto paper feed size that can judge the paper size you need from your roll paper based on the prints in the queue, and more, a person would be lacking good judgment to skip a year, for the price of 19.95.
JMHO
Fred