Really? Windows NT 4.0 will no longer be supported shortly. So find a hack and its going to just be an open wound. Hey can you get updates for DOS 6.2? Yeah its called Windows XP :)
Neil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Serge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] IMail 7.1 upgrade costs: pragmatic reality > I don't agree > even microsoft, after releasing a new version, (OS, Office, ...), continue > to issue/post patches for previous versions. > Had ipswitch realeased 7;08 with bug fixes, and 7.1 (or 8.0 don't care about > numbers), I would proably have paid for the upgrade, but I don't like being > treated this way, and I will hold and look if there are alternatives. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Chronister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 4:02 PM > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] IMail 7.1 upgrade costs: pragmatic reality > > > > Very well put... I agree. > > > > Barry Chronister > > Director, Information Systems > > Waitt Media, Inc. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of imail > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 4:07 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [IMail Forum] IMail 7.1 upgrade costs: pragmatic reality > > > > disclaimer: We are currently covered by an active service contract and > > will probably continue to do so. > > > > The discussion about major/minor versions, fixes versus features, and > > when to charge or not, although I'm sure a very emotional issue to some, > > is never going to be solved. We've had these vendor/software issues for > > years and will continue to do so. > > > > Why does some software have per seat versus per CPU licensing? Why is > > product X more expensive when I run it on a faster processor? Anybody > > license mainframe software lately? It's even worse! > > > > The bottom line, I think is simple: > > > > If you want free software - use Linux/Unix et. al. and go the GPL > > freeware route. It's totally free, no ifs, ands, or buts. > > > > If you want commercial software and RELY on it for mission-critical > > operations, then budget to spend $XXX per year to keep refreshing it. I > > don't care whether it's called an upgrade fee, a maintenance fee, or a > > new feature release, the reality is commercial vendors must make money > > and if their product has value, I'm willing to pay for it and I know > > it's not a one-time thing if I want to grow with the software. > > > > I believe, overall, IMail is a great deal and will stay with it as long > > as it remains so. (Have you priced Exchange lately? Quite a bit more > > $$$$) > > > > 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/ > > --- > > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > > > > --- > [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/
