" by selling what amounted to trial ware" I agree with this. Ipswitch didn't release Imail Express so that you or I could "sell" it to another company. What this amounts to is Jeffery trying to get ImailSB + Maintenance for the price of a maintenance contract alone. What he wants to do is not what Imail Express was created for. It may actually be one of Ipswitch's reasons for PULLING Express.
IMO, Dan Horne -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Barnes Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 7:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] IMail Express Gone Jeffrey, In what manner has Ipswitch been unfair by pulling a "free" trial product? In what manner have you been fair, to either Ipswitch or your clients, by selling what amounted to trial ware and then using a back door solution to upgrade to a licensed product? There's something wrong with your ethics, not Ipswitch's trial ware policies. Ipswitch is business to make money. They provide an excellent product, at a very good price point - that's not licensed on a "per user" basis. For the price they charge, Imail is one of the most feature laden mail servers currently avaiable. Grow up and learn the basic rules of business. You have to pay for the products you sell. Neither Ipswitch nor any other company is in business to give their services or products away for the benefit of your profit. (standing by as I am attacked for my comments by both Jeffrey and the rest of the list) Bruce Barnes -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeffery Rehm Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 20:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMail Forum] IMail Express Gone Does anyone know if Ipswitch gave any advance notice of yanking IMail Express as an offering? I know they gave IMail Express users a free upgrade to Small Business if they were on maintenance. I'm now in a bit of a battle with them because I had secured three deals for solutions that revolved around IMail Express. I had asked that they provide Small Business to these three customers at the same price as maintenance for IMail Express. Thought it would only be fair since I can't find where they gave anyone notice of them pulling Express. Had I known this, I would have pitched the solution with Small Business included, but Ipswitch thinks I should now crawl back to the customer's and ask for more money to put them on Small Business. Even though it isn't, this could easily be construed as 'bait and switch' to a customer. One has already bailed out on me completely because of this, and another asked that I use a different product because he doesn't feel confident that Ipswitch does business fairly. Tomorrow I have to approach the last one and Ipswitch has been less than responsive to my plight. The only thing I've gotten from Ipswitch is the question of what I was trying to accomplish, which is totally irrelevant to the issue. Jeffery Rehm To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
