At 9:47 AM -0700 9/5/03, Tom Wiebe Lists wrote: >On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 09:08 AM, Stefan Jeglinski wrote: > >>>On the other hand, I would be willing to pay a modest fee for a "OSX SIMS Pro". If >>>there were enough of us that feel that way maybe we could make a business case for >>>Stalker to resume development of SIMS. >> >> >>If Stalker were to do anything, it should be to instead create a version of CGP with >>a feature set virtually identical to SIMS; for features it cannot do this for, it >>should default to a "SIMS+" capability. And charge between 1/10 and 1/5 of the >>lowest license for CGP. IOW, $50 - $100. >> >I would agree here, except that we would be willing to pay more than this. We are a >small hosting provider, with a lot of clients that are non-profits. The current CGPro >pricing structure would put our licensing cost at $999 USD with more money to spend >if we grow even a little. I just can't justify this cost and, believe me, I've been >trying to for 2 years now. > >I need Communigate Lite, the feature set of SIMS, with content filtering and the >ability to do virus scanning added, and I'd be willing to pay around $500 for it. I'd >love to pay that. If it came with the option to add all the mailing lists, webmail, >imap and all the other goodies that CGPro offers at additional cost later on, so much >the better. Over time all this would probably be added to my installation, as needs >arose.
Just to chip in on the market research side, I'd be ecstatic to get something similar to SIMS for OS/X in the $50 price range, or something more capable up to about $149. My usage level can't justify much higher than that but my affinity for SIMS would probably convince me to go with anything in my price range Stalker puts out if well reviewed by the group here. Also, hopefully Stalker realizes that the support costs should be fairly low with such an active group of loyalists here to help each other out. ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
