Everest No More

[stormy13]

Looks like Everest could be no more after this week and,

BUDAPEST, Hungary - October 06, 2010 - FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.00 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 1.00 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises.

As a descendant of the award-winning AIDA16 and AIDA32 software, and the successor to the widely popular diagnostic utility Lavalys EVEREST, the brand new AIDA64 version leaps forward into the next decade by introducing a collection of 64-bit processor and memory benchmarks, an enhanced 64-bit system stress test module, and a further expanded hardware database.

"After the splitting up of Lavalys, we at FinalWire are happy to continue our efforts of delivering a dependable monitoring software to our faithful users" said Tamas Miklos, managing director of FinalWire. "Since the introduction of our first diagnostic utility ASMDEMO in 1995, we have built a passionate community of hobby users, hardware enthusiasts, and professional overclockers. Using the valuable feedback we have collected from them in the past few years, we have created a software for the new decade of 64-bit multi-core systems."

FinalWire Unveils AIDA64 | AIDA64

Few comments from Fiery the owner and author of AIDA64 here,

FinalWire Announces AIDA64 State of the Art Diagnostic Software | techPowerUp

Lavalys never purchased or "inherited" AIDA32. There used to be a commercial rights agreement between Lavalys and me (the "individual") that has been terminated and cancelled on October 01, 2010. The intellectual property rights related to AIDA32 and EVEREST has always been, and still is mine. In fact, that's what the quite peculiar Hungarian IP law dictates, so if anyone's interested, you can look it up

Actually, it's not FinalWire or myself, but Lavalys that may be in a position of violating my intellectual property rights. My lawyers will analyse the situation and they will advise me about the next steps to take.

We'll see how that turns out, but one thing is sure: you will see AIDA64 to evolve, and time will tell what happens to Lavalys and EVEREST.

If you have a currently valid license for Everest you can get a free upgrade to AIDA64 here,

Free upgrade to AIDA64 | AIDA64

or purchase for 50% off until October 20,

Online Store | AIDA64

 

[HammerHead]

Yes or No

Is this an attempt to gain market at Everest's expense or is Everest on it's way out? There is no news that I see on Everest's website to confirm or deny this. Maybe it's a legal battle. I am an Everest user and am keenly interested.

 

[stormy13]

Read the second quote I posted carefully especially this part from the author of AIDA64,

Lavalys never purchased or "inherited" AIDA32. There used to be a commercial rights agreement between Lavalys and me (the "individual") that has been terminated and cancelled on October 01, 2010. The intellectual property rights related to AIDA32 and EVEREST has always been, and still is mine.

Also if you read all of Fiery's posts in the techPowerUp link, Lavalys has also removed their support forum and there haven't been any beta updates to Everest in a month (where there was usually one a week or so).

The only thing that has really changed is the name from Everest to AIDA64 (the timeline show here helps, About FinalWire | AIDA64 ), with the author taking back full control of the program.

 

[HammerHead]

Dispute

Appears to be a dispute with Lavalys as the loser. I requested un update. Lets see what happens.

 

[HammerHead]

Replies

First an automated reply to the request for an update. Shortly there after a reply containg a key and a download link. Dl'd and installed only changes I see is name banners etc.

 

[sygnus21]

If you have a currently valid license for Everest you can get a free upgrade to AIDA64 here,

Free upgrade to AIDA64 | AIDA64

or purchase for 50% off until October 20,

Online Store | AIDA64

Promotion over

Darn it.... I just now found this post. And I met the qualifications. Oh well

 

[chev65]

Sounds like a huge scam to get everyone who paid for Evererst to pay for it all over again. I could care less who owns or doesn't own it, that is their problem not mine. I never got a single update memo or email about upgrading before this lame time limit. SCAM! Hopefully the old Everest registration numbers will still work on the older version which I have a copy of because I refuse to pay again.

 

[sygnus21]

Sounds like a huge scam to get everyone who paid for Evererst to pay for it all over again. I could care less who owns or doesn't own it, that is their problem not mine. I never got a single update memo or email about upgrading before this lame time limit. SCAM! Hopefully the old Everest registration numbers will still work on the older version which I have a copy of because I refuse to pay again.

I sorta somewhat agree with you, and like you I really don't care who owns the program as long as my current version works with my current system. As for future upgrades, I'm not sure I'll do another purchase as I rarely use the one I have now.

I was just hoping I could get the "new company's" version to see if there's any difference. I sent them an e-mail so we'll see how customer oriented they are

 

[LiquidSnak]

Everyone who missed the promotion and whatnot, it cannot hurt to email with a request saying that you missed the news until now. What's the worst that can happen?

 

[sygnus21]

Everyone who missed the promotion and whatnot, it cannot hurt to email with a request saying that you missed the news until now. What's the worst that can happen?

Did that...

I sent them an e-mail so we'll see how customer oriented they are

 

[chev65]

Sounds like a huge scam to get everyone who paid for Evererst to pay for it all over again. I could care less who owns or doesn't own it, that is their problem not mine. I never got a single update memo or email about upgrading before this lame time limit. SCAM! Hopefully the old Everest registration numbers will still work on the older version which I have a copy of because I refuse to pay again.

I sorta somewhat agree with you, and like you I really don't care who owns the program as long as my current version works with my current system. As for future upgrades, I'm not sure I'll do another purchase as I rarely use the one I have now.

I was just hoping I could get the "new company's" version to see if there's any difference. I sent them an e-mail so we'll see how customer oriented they are

Good idea, I'm interested also,

That is another thing, even when they "upgrade" Everest I can't see any difference from the last version. Unless this "new name" version is better with more feature's "which I doubt" it's just another way to make you pay for something you already paid for.

I have a feeling this means that our old registration numbers will not work the next time we try to use them to get the old Everest working.

In the mean time, let me get my violin out for the poor company than has some lame deal going on with who ever marketed the name "Everest" before this fiasco occured which I could care less about.

This all sounds like another excuse "scam!" to get everyone to pay for Everest "with a different name" all over again. FOOWIE!

Thanks for posting Stormy.

 

[sygnus21]

That is another thing, even when they "upgrade" Everest I can't see any difference from the last version. Unless this "new name" version is better with more feature's "which I doubt" it's just another way to make you pay for something you already paid for.

I can tell you from experience that some of the updates are to intergrate new hardware into the mix. Example, my older version would not correctly read and indentify my Gigabyte motherboard (GA-X58A-UD5), and since the version I had was older than a year I had to purchase (at a discount) a newer version that would correctly read my board.

Which leads to this point....

I have a feeling this means that our old registration numbers will not work the next time we try to use them to get the old Everest working.

To their credit, it is/was posted that you only get free updates/upgrade for a year from your original purchase.

In my case since my subscription was outside the 12 month period when their update incorporated my motherboard I had to pay for the update... at a discount.

My point....

1- their updates are usually for incorporating new hardware or minor improvements. Thus you will see no improvements if it doesn't affect you.

2- It is posted that you only get 12 months of free updates/upgrades. It's not like this is hidden.

Do I think the new comapny is "ripping" people off, no, I think they are sticking with the model Lavalys used.

Should they "extend" their offer for customers who's copy is less than a year old...yes.

My two cents.

 

[sygnus21]

Update...

Everyone who missed the promotion and whatnot, it cannot hurt to email with a request saying that you missed the news until now. What's the worst that can happen?

Did that...

I sent them an e-mail so we'll see how customer oriented they are

Got a response from FinalWire two days ago giving me to go ahead (reg code) to download their version of Everest called "AIDA64 Extreme Edition"

Other than the name change they look pretty much the same. Hadn't noticed any other changes so....





To their credit they answered my e-mail pretty quick. Just asked for my registration e-mail for Everest and sent to the registration code for AIDA64.

Good on them

 

[LiquidSnak]

Excellent. They are certainly building a good customer referral base with their friendly service