> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craddock, Chris > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Multiple TSO logons (was: Patents, ...) > <snip> > > To address the "who would pay for it?" question; the original business > plan called for a per-seat license of a couple of hundred bucks per > seat, which would be somewhat like an MS Office price. We got positive > feedback from a bunch of customers for that price point. Unfortunately > when the product was done, the pricing geniuses couldn't > figure out how > to do a per-seat deal and turned it into a tiered price > monster starting > at something like $25K for the bottom tier. It's no wonder > nobody bought > it at that sort of price. > > CC
Sounds like a lot of "marketting" that I've heard of. And it seems that management of a company would rather throw the entire product into the dumpster rather than decide to release the source to the community with a disclaimer along the lines of "take this and do what you want. We can't sell it, but we've already spent the money to develop it. Don't expect any support from us, but think of us kindly if you use it and find it helpful to you." There may be some legal reason to do this. But such a system, perhaps released under the GPL (I like the GPL, generally) would likely generate some "good will" towards the company. Being a techie-type idiot, I just don't see why "giving it away for free" is somehow worse than just trashing it. Either way, the money is spent and none is coming in. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
