Ken Dibble wrote: > Here's mine: > > If you want to get paid, make more than one thing that's worth paying for. > > Software doesn't wear out and it doesn't run out. The fact that a vendor > needs to keep getting paid is not the customer's problem. Customers only > need one copy of a piece of software to do what they want to do, for as > long as they want to do it. > > Forcing people to keep paying over and over for that piece of software is a > distortion of economic common sense--and it's only done to benefit the > seller, who is trying to escape the necessity of producing something new > and different to sell. It does not benefit the buyer, who gains no further > value after the first payment. In fact, it's not only a distortion, it is > EXtortion: Pay me or I break your legs/business/computer. > > And in case you were about to bring up the subscription model for > entertainment, such as TV: those vendors continuously stream new and > different content. People who want to sell software on a subscription > basis, for the most part, want us to keep paying for the same thing over > and over--sometimes prettied up with new eye candy or useless "features" > that nobody asked for and nobody uses. >
I agree (if I understand you correctly)---it the vendor isn't providing any new features/benefits, then the customer should NOT be obligated to keep paying. OTOH, if the customer wanted to pay an annual support/maintenance contract like insurance, then that's a different beast. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
