mrgmhale wrote: > Funny thing, I produced my app within 2 years and released it for commercial > use with my clients. But I did not pursue becoming a Gold Partner (very > expensive annual fee). Empower ISV was offered to me for a 3rd year, which > I accepted. For me it provides a very inexpensive way to get the M$ > platforms (O/S) and apps needed to create my solutions. For M$ it help > dissuade developers from moving to competitive (or free) solutions. I am > certain my situation would be frustrating to M$ if they were clearly aware > of it, as it is mostly for the O/S, VFP, Virtual PC (now free) and Office > that I use the MDSN subscription. I will likely never deploy a MS SQP > Server based app, or anything else that will cause my clients to pay > extraordinarily high license fees for anything other than O/S and perhaps > Office. At least they will get that, eh? >
The cat is out of the bag now, Gil. The "Man" is gonna come down on you now and not offer you a 4th year at that great price. <g> -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ 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.
