-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 2:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: License keys for ISV products
<SNIP> ...The poor salesman would not know what to do, and the free trial would drag on and on and on. Our average 30-day trial went from about 180 days to 90 days when we added an expiration date, and that was a good thing. Also, when we added checking to our product, an amazing number of customers surfaced who "had no idea that group was running your product on that box." Yes, our licensing worked so that the serial number check was not totally "hard." The product would run on any serial number with a warning. I am fully aware of the "what if we have a disaster at dark oh thirty and are up to our butts in alligators without having to track you down for a key?" issue. <SNIP> Amen. And for those who bought the product, it is not all that hard to give them a key that works with no expiration. Or if they buy the source... And a NDA with teeth covers the rest of the "What if's" by the sales people. Later, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
