I can't tell you the number of time I have had "spirited conversations" with ISV's concerning their "one-time upgrade fees". ISV's have been allowed to get away with this legalized mugging for decades.
Let's say you purchase a home from a builder. He also offers you a contract to provide maintenance on your home for a set fee each year. There's only 2 of you, so a small home suits your needs for the present. A few years down the road, your family has increased in size, and now you need to increase the size of your home. You invest YOUR money and add another bedroom. The builder / maintenance provider of the home says the home is bigger and better than the original so the maintenance will now cost more. You agree because now there's more to possibly fix than on the smaller, original house. But he also says the you owe him the difference of what you originally paid for the house and it's value now -- AND -- for that "upgrade fee", you don't get anything except the right to continue living there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
