Centuries ago, Nostradamus predicted that Paul K. Dickson would write on Wed
Oct 8 07:28:07 2008:
>
> The big wigs here are mandating that we go with a pay product so we
> have support as well as the idea that it will work better. Huh!?.
> It doesn't seem to matter that time and time again I have shown that
> ASSP has a 99.95% accuracy rate and support, even bugs, are
> addressed the same day, if not with in hours of reporting them. On
> a side note, it irritates the shit out of me when people who know
> nothing about the technology ignore the knowledgeable person's
> recommendations!
>
Calm down -- I have a solution to your problem. Buy your mail
filtering software from my corporation. Of course, I cannot legally
charge you for ASSP, but I can charge your for some other
mail-filtering software that I have written, and then I can throw in
ASSP as a free bonus. Or, I can bundle ASSP into my product, and
sell the combined package as a single product. Then, you can discard
my own mail-filtering software, because it is worthless, and run only
ASSP. And, if your managers insist, I can also charge you a monthly
fee for support, which you will never need, but it will make your
managers happy that you have a support contract. And I really will
support your ASSP installation if you, or your successor, wants me
to, although ASSP is so well-behaved that I highly doubt you will
need to call on my services.
Everyone will be happy. Your users will have mail filtering software
with a 99.95% accuracy rate, your managers will be happy that you are
using a paid-for product, and I will be happy to collect large amounts
of unearned money every month. Not as happy as I would be if I were
earning the money (truly), but I will console myself with the thought
that it is a virtuous act to divert money away from stupid people,
into the hands of people who can use it more wisely.
Jay F. Shachter (for The Leviathan Corporation)
6424 N Whipple St
Chicago IL 60645-4111
(1-773)7613784
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://leviathan.chicago.il.us
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur"
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