NT 4.0 has been out for 5 years correct, so they've been servicing it with SP's for 5 years. No costs have been incurred. Imail 7.0 was released in 2001, (I believe) and new version 7.1 is already released. That's approximately a year.
The two are different. Lew John Tolmachoff wrote: > January 1, 2003 Beginning on this date, customers requesting > non-security QFEs will be charged a fee. (Premier customers should > contact their Premier Technical Account Manager for details on > associated fees.) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > January 1, 2004 Pay-per-incident and Premier support will no longer be > available. Non-security QFEs will no longer be available. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > January 1, 2005 > (or later) Online support will no longer be available. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > That is about 6 years since coming out. > > John Tolmachoff > IT Manager, Network Engineer > RelianceSoft, Inc. > Fullerton, CA 92835 > www.reliancesoft.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of sonicwallroc > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 7:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] IMail 7.1 upgrade costs: pragmatic reality > > how long have they supported NT 4.0? > > "Neil H." wrote: > > > 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/ > > 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/
