On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 11:18:12 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: >... and the notion that IBM software is >somehow 'free' and that of ISVs is not is among the sillier ones that >have currency here.
Hmmm - this must be an invitation to me to respond. Small customers (at least) see software included in the base as "free" - and ISVs like Dave are paddling a barbed-wire canoe upstream to get a sale. Simple as that. Believe me, I've been in to bat trying to get ISV software in the door, and in a lot of (most) cases it ain't gunna happen. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
