BioEra Lite (free) - available on February 6 2005 BioEra Pro (commercial) - available in March 2005 BioEra PDA (commercial) - available in May 2005 BioEra GPL - open source
BioEra Lite includes all features of the GPL version, plus:
maintains quality and architecture of the Pro version
each design from here can be loaded into Pro version
can be used for designs run on PDA version.
Free for 3 months since the release date (shareware license).
can be freely redistributed
BioEra Pro includes all features of BioEra Lite, plus:
each licensed user has access to additional (password protected) information provided on web site e.g. special designs or promotions
special (higher priority) technical online support is provided.
If there is an important problem reported here (like a bug without a way around), it is assigned with higheer priority then other tasks.
In such a case newer (fixed) version of BioEra or patch may be issued instantly.
Only licensed owners are able to submit a ticket.
requests for new features have higher priority here then from Lite users
some extended functionality (e.g. DVDPlayer) is available only here
full version can be sent on CD by mail so that the installation process is quick and easy.
some designs may be loaded only here (and not into Lite version).
can be used for any type of activity complient with the license, commercial or non-commercial
low price: about $175-$225.
BioEra PDA
contains optimized code for PDA
is closely integrated with Pro version (eventually with automatic design deployment or execution on PDA)
is intended to run a design created earlier on Pro or Lite version, rather then create it on PDA. It is still be possible to change properties.
low price: about $199 for a standalone version to be used with Lite, or $99 when purchased with Pro version.
BioEra GPL available on Sourceforge is still supported.
Can be used for any type of activity compliant with GPL license. New functionality e.g. interfaces for new devices can be still added here. Anyone who wants to contribute with new code or improvements or anything is welcome.