On 17 Feb 2007 16:40:21 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >>if you haven't gotten why the trust model is inadequate from my past posts, >>and David Cole's, and Dave Salt's, and Russell Witt's, then my explaining it >>again probably won't do the trick either. > >You still haven't explained why you are discouraging customers from buying >your products. > >I have lived the pain, to the point of production failing, and losing revenue >from expired keys. > >There a legal venues when a contract is not being honoured. > >And, I don't buy your arguments, because of my past experience with key-based >solutions. > >I hope I never need your products, because if I do, I will search for a >competitive product that doesn't shaft me (again) with keys. >I'm not saying yours does at all. I don't even know what it is. >What I am saying is I will not take a chance unless I absolutely have to. >Of course, you wouldn't like me as a customer; I have this annoying habit of >honouring contracts. > >BTW, I was not the only one with an opinion against software keys that chimed >in on this list. > >And, to put it on the other foot, if you don't understand why customers hate >software keys, then there is no use in me trying to explain it to you (or >Dave, or Russell).
There are various pains with any software. The keys described by both Dave Cole and Russell Witt seem reasonable. The major problem may be random disaster recovery site where the CPU-ID is not known in advance. The proper management of keys and good disaster recovery plans should take care of all keys needed if the schemes are like those described by David and Russell. There are companies that play games so I can sympathize with vendors like XDC. One of the customers that tried doing that was the US government on some platform (maybe PC). > >PS: the crack about the accounts payable department was a cheap shot; it >didn't add anything to the discussion. As someone who has never worked for an ISV and who has been very lucky in the contracting firms he has chosen (they paid promptly), accounts payable sometimes can get interesting. The quality of work, promptness of payment and games played like taking prompt payment discount for paying within 10 days while actually waiting the full 30 can vary even by division within an organization. > >- >Too busy driving to stop for gas! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
