Hi, you'll find that the 2 year maintenance subscription is roughly about 85-90 percent of the upgrade price for a particular version and a particular rebate scheme. That proportion should be about right and independent from the market you're buying in, i.e. NZ, AU, US, Asia, EU etc. Obviously don't compare the price of a US-retail CF Enterprise with the price of a NZ-corporate CF Enterprise 2 yr subscription.
When it comes to CF and the corporate licensing scheme, you can btw. buy both 1 and 2 yr subscriptions (at least in NZ). Rule of thumb: 2 yr is slightly (really just slightly) cheaper than 2 x 1 year. Cheers Kai > > Hi, > > where do you get your prices from? > > My quote is much scarier then $5555 up-front per CFENT licence.... > > And based on my quote, maintenance is approx one quarter of the > licence cost per year BTW. > > Cheers > >>>> "Brett Payne-Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 30/10/2008 12:10 pm >>> > > Sure, $5K is a significant investment depending on your circumstances. > > But are you saying that the annual maintenance fee for CF is 90% of > the purchase price? As in, CFENT costs $5,555 up front and $5,000 > for maintenance annually? That would a bit over the top in my book. > Or maybe it is 90% of the upgrade price? I think that would be more > likely and in which case I'd say 'place your bets!'. In reality the > maintenance plans are aimed at the corporate end of the market where > they prefer to pay an annual fee rather than have to go through the > whole purchase process each time a new version of CF is released. > > But I'm sure there are whole fields of study devoted to the question > of how to build a sustainable business around writing software. And > at the top of the list in terms of difficulty is to build a business > around a software product (or products). If the initial investment > to write the damn thing doesn't do you in, the ongoing support and > maintenance probably will, and finding a way to entice your clients > to part with more money to pay for that support and maintenance the > hardest job of all. > > > B) > > > > Steve Onnis wrote: >> CF maintenance is like 10% OFF the price so it is still a fair >> bit. CFENT >> subscription is over 5k so i would want to be getting something for >> my money >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf >> Of Brett Payne-Rhodes >> Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2008 11:27 AM >> To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com >> Subject: [cfaussie] Re: CF Maintenance purchase >> >>> ____________________________________________ Kai Koenig Director & Software Solutions Architect Ventego Creative Ltd 154 Parkvale Road, Karori Wellington, New Zealand Office: +64 4 476 6781 Mobile NZ: +64 21 928 365 Mobile AU: +61 450 132 117 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.ventego-creative.co.nz blog: http://www.bloginblack.de --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
