> On Mar 2, 2017, at 3:00 AM, Dave Wade <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am going to say something you gentlemen may not like... > > 1) Do you need the product? In general there are plug compatible products out there that are *CHEAP*
> 2) Do you need continued support, e.g. for legal and compliance reasons? Excellent question which leaves quite a few products wanting. example: We had a multiple CPU upgrade going on and one product would not run because of an issue with a license. This had been addressed 2 weeks before hand. When we called at 02:00 all we got was an answering machine. We had to back out the upgrade. > 3) is the company in financial difficulties? That is hard to tell, IMO. Numbers given to the public are not necessarily valid. I would guess that I would call the local BBB and see if there are any complaints (current). Also a call to other people that may have their product and get a feeling about support etc is easier. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
