On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 23:42:02 +0800, David Crayford wrote: >> 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?
Other Dave, Dave .... ;-) Don't know if I've tried that. However, I've had customer legal eagles fight free software with full free support - but that was in the Amdahl days before concepts like FOSS were current. You have to remember it's never "my" shop. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
