*>>Yes, but I prefer to "own" my software, not rent it. That way we can upgrade at need, rather than when the vendor says so, and will probably spend far less money doing so.*
Most people do. But that is getting harder and harder to do each year. (Because enough people are fine with a utilities model) Regards, *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* *Providing Expert Technology Consulting Services for the SMB market…* * GPG: *860D 40A1 4DA5 3AE1 B052 8F9F 07A1 F9D6 A549 8842 On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, but I prefer to "own" my software, not rent it. That way we can > upgrade at need, rather than when the vendor says so, and will > probably spend far less money doing so. > > The "own" in quotes merely points to not paying monthly rental - we > all know that commercial software is only licensed, not truly sold. > > I just don't want to be a piggybank for the software publishers - I > don't mind paying for good functionality, nor paying for ongoing > support. > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Many big vendors today are pushing a cloud strategy, as it more readily > > facilitates ongoing revenue and supporting a smaller number of disparate > > configurations. > > > > Regards, > > > > ASB > > http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker > > > > Providing Expert Technology Consulting Services for the SMB market… > > > > GPG: 860D 40A1 4DA5 3AE1 B052 8F9F 07A1 F9D6 A549 8842 > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Very interesting. > >> > >> MSFT is shoving very, very hard to push everyone into their cloud, and > >> this fits their strategy... > >> > >> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/02/microsoft-is-laying-off- > thousands-of-staff/?ncid=rss > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > >
