Ken Dibble <> wrote: >> Therein lies the crux of this debate: you can't copy beans--you must >> provide MORE beans, whereas with software, folks say it just takes a >> simple copy onto another CD and doesn't require (much) additional (or >> equal to the first) effort. >> >> As for Charlie's comment about software rentals, yes....that's what >> some are trying to do with Software On Demand or Software as a >> Service (SaaS). >> >> My 2 cents: I'm for getting paid and with that pay I many times make >> some charitable donations regularly...but charity alone (with no >> compensation) doesn't pay my bills. >> > Here's mine: > > If you want to get paid, make more than one thing that's worth paying > for. > > Software doesn't wear out and it doesn't run out. The fact that a > vendor needs to keep getting paid is not the customer's problem. > Customers only need one copy of a piece of software to do what they > want to do, for as long as they want to do it.
Sorry but as business changes your software should be available in a changed version. Fax->Email->URL One item of many is the fast track on changes to B2B communications. Stephen Russell DBA / .Net Developer Memphis TN 38115 901.246-0159 "Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://spaces.msn.com/members/srussell/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/580 - Release Date: 12/8/2006 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
