Agreed. It's a large part of why so many seek open source alternatives. Kurt
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 04:44, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > I must say, that I am increasingly annoyed by vendors that try to make > more money on the concept of "value derived by the customer" that is not in > any way tied to costs of goods or services to the vendor. > > Like the whole, "if your product is running on 4 processors, it costs more > than if it is running on 2". Maybe. But is sure doesn't cost the vendor > 2x -- not even for support. > > At that point it just becomes greed, and pushes people more and more to > alternative solutions. > > Licenses per system monitored? Fine. > Licenses per user managed? Fine, for the most part. > Licenses for messages sent per unit of time? We need to talk. I see much > potential for unreasonableness. > > There are very few elements of the application that are different because > a particular customer is sending 200K messages, and in most cases, the > support for this is in a license file, rather than an entirely separate > piece of code, which means they they are inherently supporting that code > all the time in the first place. > > As consumers (corporate or personal), we need to stop supporting such > stupid and greedy business models... > > > * * > > *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Greg Olson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I think that’s tied to the different licenses they sell. Platinum is >> 10,000 msgs per hour, Platinum Plus 100,00mgs per hour, then then there two >> more higher at 200k and 300k per hour. >> Though you'd need some big pipes after the Platinum Plus. >> -Greg >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Donald Bittenbender [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:09 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: List response time is abysmal >> >> When we performed our most recent upgrade we noticed that Lyris now has >> an "SMTP Send Limit" and it will not send more than xx messages over xx >> amount of time. This gets worse the faster people post to the list with xx >> hours. >> >> Unfortunately there isn't anything we can do about it at the moment, but >> coded into Lyris itself. >> >> >> Donald Bittenbender >> Software Developer >> GFI Software – www.gfi.com >> Tel.: +1 866 389 5597 ext 6065 Mob.: +1 727 748 2708 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:38 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: List response time is abysmal >> >> I know others have mentioned it, but it's really noticeable... >> >> I'm talking *hours* between when I send in an email and when I see it >> back in my inbox. >> >> More RAM, faster disks, fatter pipe? >> >> I won't say it's unusable, but it's getting less comfortable. >> >> Kurt >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
