Dave Warren wrote: >>Most software companies, for instance, will let someone who's adding >>licenses for a product already under support agreement to add the new >>licenses for a term of less than a year, or move all of them forward for >>an appropriate amount to the following anniversary, or something. >> >> > >Yes, true. But the cost is often similar to that of a full year package... >
Nonsense. If you extend contracts for seven months, you pay for seven months. > > >>>Either that, or they get to live with the fact that one year contract. >>> >are > > >>>the -only- option. >>> >>> >>Gee, *that's* a service-oriented response. >> >> > >No, it's reality. > > Then "reality" needs to be fixed to adjust to how major corporations do business. > >
