Hi Jeremy, On 9/08/20 11:38 am, Jeremy Coulter wrote: > The company I work for has been a Delphi client for many years with a > number of licences. Its getting harder and harder to justify the cost > of the licence renewals. This year we have asked Embarcadero to > sharpen their pencil! We are a charity and make no profit so we are > not writing apps for commercial gain etc etc. We are awaiting their > reply.....
I'd be very happy to pay a price that represents the value I'm getting out of the use of a product (Delphi) in this case and if that value increases also fairly share that increased value with the folks making a great product that allows me to create that value. Less features in a product works counter productive for me: it means I'll have to do more work myself and that reduces that value. I guess the trouble arises from determining what "represents", "value" and "fair" means in concrete terms. By all means if the methods of equity firms (that I generally think don't contribute positively to society but that's a matter for another day) work for them then that's their prerogative. I wouldn't be surprised though if that would drive many small developers away. Can't be good in the long run one would think but then equity firms don't have a reputation for being in anything for the long run. Nuf said. Good luck with the negotiations :-) Jan _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@listserver.123.net.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@listserver.123.net.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
