What is the point being hypothetical when this message from Mr. David Karp comes to the list 12 minutes after yours?
Regards, Steinar > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Karp > Sent: 27. oktober 2004 20:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ipswitch. com > Subject: [IMail Forum] some misconceptions corrected > > Dear forum folks: > > I just wanted to step in and set straight a handful of > misconceptions I've > been seeing here. > > 1. You have to purchase Ipswitch Collaboration Suite to get > IMail updates > Not true. If you have a service agreement for IMail, you > will receive all > the updates to IMail for as long as the agreement is in force. > > 2. If your service agreement is up, you can't use IMail > anymore (aka, I > have to pay $10,000 just to keep using IMail) > Not true. If you bought IMail, you can use it according to > the license, > which is perpetual. Updates and technical support are not, > those come with > the service agreement. Some on the list have said that they > are still using > IMail 6.0x, and nobody will stop them from continuing to do so. > > 3. Now that ICS is here, IMail will immediately cease to > exist and never be > updated or supported > Not true. IMail and IMail service agreements are no longer > being sold, but > support for IMail and updates to IMail will continue at least through > October 2005, when the last IMail service agreement expires. > > 4. Even though I already have IMail and Symantec AV, I have > pay a big fee > to get the ISP edition > Not true. If you have IMail and Symantec AV, you can go to > the ISP Edition > of ICS as a renewal, which is not much different from the old > price for an > IMail SA renewal and AV renewal. As usual, there's no need > to renew until > your current agreements expire. See Jill's message or the > Web site for > details. > > 5. Jill Jones is an evil genius scheming to line her pockets > by screwing > ISPs > Not true. The people who work at Ipswitch work hard to support their > families just like you do. Please restrict your criticism to > the company, > the products, and the prices, and give the people the respect > you would > expect for yourselves. The decisions around ICS were taken as a whole > company after much research and debate. Don't shoot the messengers. > > 6. The company that makes IMail is called IPSwitch, pronounced > "eye-pee-switch" > Not true. It's Ipswitch. Big "I", small "pswitch." Pronounced, > "ip-switch." > > I encourage all of you to download and evaluate ICS. If it > doesn't meet > your needs, I wish you success with a product that does. If > it does, I > think you'll find our special pricing for IMail customers to > be attractive. > Those of you who are particularly price-sensitive might find > better deals > from an Ipswitch reseller than from us directly. > > If you want to discuss this more, I welcome your calls but > will not be able > to return any until Monday when I'm back in the office. > > Best regards, > > David > > David Karp > Senior Marketing Manager, Ipswitch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (781) 676-5789 > > Technology FOCUS Seminars 2004 > Straight talk about small business technology coming to a > city near you > Oct 7-28: NYC - Boston - Chicago - Atlanta - Dallas - LA - > San Francisco > http://www.ipswitch.com/TFS > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Denne eposten er skannet og funnet fri for virus > av Epost.no med Declude og FRISK F-Prot Software. > > Denne eposten er skannet og funnet fri for virus av Epost.no med Declude og FRISK F-Prot Software. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
