On May 4, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Tim Jones wrote:

>> I do have a question.  If Product X is on version 8.8 and a customer is 
>> using 1.0.5 (released 11 years ago, just before 2.0.0) and finds a bug, do 
>> you fix the bug?  That is, do you create version 1.0.6? 
> 
> That falls WAAAAAY outside of expected support.  However, we do cover that in 
> our playbook - in that case, we offer the user a price-adjusted upgrade path 
> - less than full price, but more than the 50% normal upgrade - to the current 
> version or offer to fix the problem in 1.0.5 under contract for a specified 
> NRE rate.

I like the idea of a playbook, whether figurative or literal.  When we here 
have Planning for Excellence meetings such a thing can outline scenarios that 
can help in quality planning.

So far, I think I'm hearing that bug-fix support should go beyond 3 months 
(Mark) but need not go to 11 years (Tim).

Dar

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