Yesterday I wrote that Spanning Sync went 1.0 and became a pay service. I also wrote that it was worth it. Regretfully I had not seen the full price list, nor had I tried 1.0 yet. This is a mistake I won't make in the future.

Since upgrading to 1.0 I have received an error each time Spanning Sync attempts to do its thing. Further, there is a great deal of suspicion that this sort of thing will be built into Leopard's iCal, given its CalDav support. All in ll, I wouldn't think it's worth a lifetime subscription. Maybe year to get us through, and even that is a very big maybe considering 1.0 is less stable than the latest beta.

I'm disappointed in the product to say the least, but after a brief (and very prompt) discussion with Spanning Sync's support team I have to admit being pleased by their willingness and effort to support their product. I do not think they were ready to go 1.0 when they did, but I do think that with a little bit of code cleaning and price changing they will find that they have a quality product.