An example of what I meant: I used to work for a small software vendor as a consultant, and they were very careful about how many hours I billed them for my time and what I spent my time doing; i.e., only development. I also was required to appear at their offices (a 45-minute drive each way) one day a week for a meeting but could work at home the rest of the week. After a few years of this, we negotiated a change and I became a salaried employee. My required presence at their offices was quickly changed to every day of the week, I had to be uncompensated for my extra commuting time, and they had me spending time on many non-development tasks, such as proofreading documentation changes. My time had suddenly become "free" to them to use for any purpose they wanted.
Bill Fairchild ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McKown" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 7, 2014 10:56:47 AM Subject: Re: "Feebie" software 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
