On 4/07/2014 11:37 PM, Shane Ginnane wrote:
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.
Even if it was free with optional support?
Shane ...
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