Charging for a "FIX" is unethical IMHO. An upgrade is a completely different story.
Lew Madscientist wrote: > Personally, I have no problem paying an ongoing fee to keep software up > to date... But Ipswitch isn't doing that IMHO... Rather, they are using > the vast majority of these recurring revenues to grow market share > rather which lines their pockets - it's a great decision if greed is > your watch point... What they should be doing with my money is fixing > the problems with what I purchased in the first place! After that - then > they can certainly add new features and more power to them... But first > things first! > > _M > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > | Taylor Allen > | Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 7:15 PM > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] IMail 7.1 upgrade costs: pragmatic reality > | > | > | So if they changed the version number to 8.0 we would not > | have had anyone slander IPSWITCH (Yeah Right). > | I must say that you should try to land on the other side of > | this fence and keep a company operational by giving away > | your software. As far as the software it has worked better > | than most software I run on our servers. I looked everywhere > | for an email product this versatile and with as many features > | and for this price. To top it all it was umlimited users so I > | dump them $500 a year to keep my email up to date I cant go > | wrong. I wish I could do this with my the other software we > | use on our Servers(Most cost about $2000 a year). No I don't > | get the software free and I do not work for IPSWITCH. > | > | ~Allen > | > | [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > | > | > | Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > | to be removed from this list. > | > | An Archive of this list is available at: > | http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%| 40list.ipswitch.com/ > | > | > | Please visit the Knowledge Base for > | answers to frequently asked > | questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > | > | > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
