On 18 Feb 2007 11:44:17 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> much snipped > >I understand that customers dont want to become dependent on >leased software that expires and shuts down during critical times. >However, there must be some reasonable cut-off point when negotiations >break-down at contract renewal time. If the customer and vendor cannot >agree on a new contract, then the product must stop operating. Where >will you draw the line; 30 days, 60 days, 180 days, more? How long will >customer get a free ride on a mission-critical ISV software? Until a >replacement can be found or built? Does the contract allow for defaulting >to month-to-month fees until a new long-term contract is negotiated (or >the customer has gotten past their critical end-of-quarter processing)? >What if there are no acceptable replacement products and the customer >is unable or unwilling to build their own replacement? Disaster recovery >on unknown machines (why are they unknown?) is a big issue.
When a disaster is declared, the specific target system may in part depend on how many other sites have declared a disaster at the same time. I would not want to depend on getting a specific physical box in many cases. Of course if the DR system is owned by the site declaring the disaster, the serial number should be known. > >Many license key implementations are awkward and difficult to manage. >Complain to the ISV and be specific about the issues. Pricing models >are entirely a different matter that have little correlation to the >license key implementation. Let's be clear in this topic when discussing >pricing models versus license key implementation. License keys are never >going away. However, bad implementations should go away. > > >Jeffrey D. Smith >Principal Product Architect >Farsight Systems Corporation >700 KEN PRATT BLVD. #204-159 >LONGMONT, CO 80501-6452 >303-774-9381 direct >303-484-6170 FAX >http://www.farsight-systems.com/ >see my résumé at my website (yes, I am looking for employment) > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
