On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 9:35 AM, DASDBILL2 <[email protected]> wrote: > The loss of time is never "free."
Here, "it depends". If you mean loss of CPU time, very true. If you mean loss of programmer, et al., productivity time, then "Let them work longer hours! They can use all 168 hours/week if that's what is necessary." > > Bill Fairchild, Senior Software Engineer > ASG Software Solutions > > Naples, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Shane Ginnane" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 4, 2014 10:37:34 AM > Subject: "Feebie" software > > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- There is nothing more pleasant than traveling and meeting new people! Genghis Khan Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
