Microsoft SQL and Oracle free downloads allow for 2-GB. What year is it... 1907 ?
--Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 3:13 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Incubator - News from the board Dave, Very well said. But one thing I might add, and I've been bitten by this myself, I think that the reduced file sizes are probably a good enough of a deterrent to users trying to use the PE version for regular use and you don't need the expiration date. I have downloaded PE versions, installed, but didn't have time to use right off, then finding when I did have time it had expired. Some may think that not many people would be like that but in my world a month is a day. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [U2] Incubator - News from the board > Chuck, > > <Stepping up on my soap box> > As I have said before on this subject, "you never get a second chance to > make a good first impression". > > I once spoke with a representative of another mv database who bragged that > they got over 2000 downloads of their eval. product per month. > > When I asked him, "how many sales did you make", he had no clue. > > If I download an eval copy of something and it doesn't work for me, do you > think I'm doing to say "Well, Self, this is really a good product, but > you're too stupid to figure out how to make it work"? > > What we really *don't* need is 2000 downloads a month that result in 2000 > disgruntled people who experimented with the product and concluded that > *the > product* doesn't work! > > NOTE TO IBM: this is the *last* place you want to refuse to provide > product > technical support - *as you do today*. > > This is our *first* chance to make a good first impression, and we're not > going to get another one. > >>Stepping down off my soap box> > > With this in mind, may I suggest that we consider some of the following > ideas: > > 1. Adding an invitation to contact the u2ug group for technical support > at any time during or after the installation. > > 2. Ensuring that there are step-by-step tutorials, borrowed from IBM or > contributed by our members, starting with the Readme document, that > attempt > to make it impossible to fail to install, connect and run the product, > including (1) creating a simple application and (2) moving a simple > application to the eval database. > > 3. Providing a complete listing of authorized U2 Resellers, by name, > address, contact information and areas of specialization, so a person > evaluating a product knows where to go to get pricing and to purchase the > product. > > 4. Ensuring that the PE release does *not* have a short expiration > date, > because individuals often like to keep a 2-user copy on their laptop to > play > with, even though they have a much larger-user copy on their production > system. > > Since many of the new evaluators will come from the generic Pick sector, > and > because neither Universe or Unidata support generic Pick spooler commands, > we will offer to contribute a copy of SpoolerPlus to the u2ug library to > be > distributed with these eval copies of the PE. This will over come the > most > difficult issue faced by most generic Pick people evaluating UV/UD. > > Also, since UV and UD do not read generic Pick file saves and account > saves, > we will also offer to contribute a copy of our File Caddy programs, > TAPE.DUMP and TAPE.LOAD, and our data cleaning programs to remove > unprintable ascii characters that will not load onto UV/UD, to enable them > to easily move an entire account from most generic Pick databases to UV or > UD. > > I think that the u2ug needs to come up with a mutually acceptable policy > for > licensing these products for use in the PE library. > > We will also contribute to a growing documentation of issues faced in > converting to UV/UD as we become aware of them thru out conversion > activities. > > I totally support this project and am glad to assist wherever we can. > > Rgds, > > Dave > > Dave Taylor > CEO > Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. > 49 Aspen Way > Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 > 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) > (O) 310-544-1974 > (C) 310-561-5200 > (F) 310-377-3550 > www.sysmarkinfo.com > Your Source for Integrated EDI Translation, DataSync Integration and > Software Migration > Authorized IBM Business Partner ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
