At 9:00 AM -0800 3/10/99, Afshin Behnia wrote:
> Pierce,
>
> I think that you are assuming the following:
>
> 1. You assume everyone who purchases WO will build a one-time custom
> Internet app, like a store or something. By assuming this, it is very easy
> to justify the cost of WO as it drowns in the development costs. But this
> assumption is not true. Some of us build almost shrink-wrapped
> applications on WO and sell them with WO. In our case, the WO cost becomes
> a significant cost of the total solution for the client.
>
> 2. As I mentioned before, you also assume WO will be used only for
> Internet use, where the cost of communications lines are high. Our apps
> are for intranet use where bandwidth is practically free.
>
> When you make your cost justificaiton charts, I hope you will address these
> issues.
I will definitely include #2. In fact, the chart already lists the
internet cost as a seperate item.
As for #1, for resale of shrink-wrapped apps, YOU are assuming that
Apple doesn't have a reseller plan.
THEY DO! You can bundle WO with your SWA, Apple charges you a % of
your application cost. TALK TO YOUR APPLE REP. Geesh. Why am I
wasting my time with someone who bitches about costs in an open forum
instead of just picking up the phone and talking to their Apple rep.
Pierce
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