No ISV wants a pricing strategy that potentially reduces income. And very few will give in willingly.
There were some that stubbornly hung on to the old models and just refused to budge. They are mostly gone now. This is double bad news for you if you have one of these as you can't expect any price breaks and the ISV may not survive much longer. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Magen Margalit Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 3:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: ISV software costs based on MIPS The Problem is that ISV's doesn't tend to go to MSU's pricing models easily... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN