I understand, but at times, I feel like folks just don't understand the value of their money.
Kurt On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[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. > > > 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 > > 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 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >
