EditIntroduction
The following page describes the differences between Flavours, Edition and Sales channel as used by our support staff.
EditDescription
EditFlavour (Flavor)
This is the Operating System our product runs on. This is neccessary to differenciate a product and its edition as to the operating system it is designed to run on.
Editexample
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2003 Server
Windows 2008 Server
Windows Mobile 5
Windows Mobile 6
Windows Pocket PC 2003
Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC
Windows Mobile 2003 for Smart Phone.
EditEdition
This is the difference within a product line of our products. For example INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File has the following editions:-
Viewer
Reader
Pro
Editor
Editor Pro
Enterprise
This is used to describe the feature set available within each product line. Also can be used to describe the range of products available within a product line.
EditSales Channel
This is the the retail chain or channel the product is(was) sold through.
The following is the currently available sales channels:-
Retail
OEM
Merchant:- Describes the Merchant or online store that sold the product.
EditProduct Line
This is a description that describes a product and all the Editions, Flavours and Sales Channel available for that particular product.
Editexample
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File would be a product line that describes the following as a group:-
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Viewer
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Reader
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Editor
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Editor Pro
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Enterprise
and would include any flavour subsets within each edition such as
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Viewer for Windows 7
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Viewer for Windows Vista
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Viewer for Windows XP
and would include sales channel subsets within each flavour such as
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Viewer for Windows 7 OEM
INNOBATE FB Reward Redemption File Viewer for Windows 7 Retail