On 29/01/2013 17:36, Reginald Beardsley wrote:
I'd like to suggest as a social convention that the initial "license fee" be 10% of system cost
UAHHH ! Then we should have stayed at Oracle...... Really, if you solve a problem for one system, why should someone pay for the other 99 identical systems (think of big clusters) ? Just because he has to money to buy them ? Think of all the EDU/R&D institutions who simply don't have the money for such exorbitant service fees. Remember, OI was started as a community effort, not to make money. If "commercial" support is offered, it's a good thing, but we should not try to mimick the unacceptable behaviour that companies like Oracle show. Have a look at the old service catalog that Sun was offering, that was something really reasonable and affordable, for both sides. It had hardware-only services, cheap per workstation support, bulk service fees, site service fees for an extended period, etc. Also consider per incidence fees, based on real effort needed to solve the problem. Avoid copying business models made for banks and assurance companies....these are not the clients of OI. -- Dr.Udo Grabowski Inst.f.Meteorology a.Climate Research IMK-ASF-SAT www.imk-asf.kit.edu/english/sat.php KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology http://www.kit.edu Postfach 3640,76021 Karlsruhe,Germany T:(+49)721 608-26026 F:-926026
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