Stephen Russell wrote: > 2009/9/29 Ricardo Aráoz <ricar...@gmail.com>: > > >> An innovative marketing trick would be to ship a fully tested product, >> > > Doesn't everyone? I don't consider security breeches untested. > Sure, Micro$hit has NEVER EVER shipped an insufficiently tested product. And customers do NEVER EVER say "wait till SP2 to buy it". I was having this same argument with Cinderella and the Easter Bunny last night.
>> with simple to understand licenses, without bullshit language and >> acronyms, and a compromise of open sourcing the code if they ever decide >> not to support it. >> Then, and only then I 'might' start to consider buying it from them. >> > ---------------------- > > If you sell in a vertical market do you give your source code to all > your clients? > If you don't commercialize the product any more you could, and if there is interest from your clients then you are just screwing them if you close it. I don't know if that is sound commercial behaviour. But I DO know that not buying from someone who behaves that way with customers is sensible client behaviour. My Steve! You sound just like a Micro$hit sales rep! Bad Ricardo. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4ac3dc32.5060...@gmail.com ** 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.
