Quite normal, i had one that i inhertied that said we had to have a current
support contract to use the software. go off maintenance .. you no use
software...
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We had Business Objects, I believe, do this to us too.
-sc
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:56 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Rediculous Support Clause
Xen plus OpenQRM is beginning to sound very interesting to me...
Kurt
Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: RE: Rediculous Support Clause
We had Business Objects, I believe, do this to us too.
-sc
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:56 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Rediculous Support Clause
Subject: RE: Rediculous Support Clause
VMWare did the exact same thing to us. We were out of support when we
wanted to go to VSphere 4. Had to pay the previous year's support
before we could upgrade, essentially paying for an entire year of
support that we never used or needed. Highway robbery
.
*From:* Kelsey, John [mailto:jckel...@drmc.org]
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:59 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Rediculous Support Clause
VMWare did the exact same thing to us. We were out of support when we
wanted to go to VSphere 4. Had to pay the previous year's
normally be up for
renewal in April. I guess I'll start over then. However, Hyper-V is
sounding more appealing all the time.
From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Rediculous Support Clause
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rediculous Support Clause
And the ones that tax the system should pay more. Maybe we
should make this discussion political J
What product are we talking about btw? I know VMWare tried to
pull this same
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*From:* Crawford, Scott [mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu]
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2010 20:30
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Rediculous Support Clause
And the ones that tax the system should pay more. Maybe we should make
this discussion political J
What product are we
That's true, although it depends on the app and how entrenched it is within
your organization. For admin-level tools it might be easy enough to switch.
No one is doing that with a CRM or ERP system every few years (or even a
tape/disk archival system)
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From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:18 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Rediculous Support Clause
That's true, although it depends on the app
...@hydraflowusa.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 7:11 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rediculous Support Clause
Yes, unfortunately we are married to the systems. It is another EMC product,
Application Xtender. We only renewed the maintenance because they had a module
for viewing over a browser
: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:35 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rediculous Support Clause
This is how competition is born. We can make a competing product, cheaper, and
we'll even develop tools to migrate from a competitor to us.
David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION
Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: RE: Rediculous Support Clause
Yes, unfortunately we are married to the systems. It is another EMC product,
Application Xtender. We only renewed the maintenance because they had a module
for viewing over a browser instead of a full client. We have
Sounds like 'We have you where we want you so we can dictate terms'. I
don't understand why you think it wouldn't be legal as nothing says they
have to reinstate you at all. Playing Devil's Advocate here, it's highly
likely that if you're in a position to need to be reinstated, it's because
: Gary Whitten [mailto:li...@undiscoveredworlds.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 3:14 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rediculous Support Clause
Sounds like 'We have you where we want you so we can dictate terms'. I don't
understand why you think it wouldn't be legal as nothing
Whitten [mailto:li...@undiscoveredworlds.com]
*Sent:* Wednesday, February 03, 2010 3:14 PM
*To:* NT System Admin Issues
*Subject:* RE: Rediculous Support Clause
Sounds like 'We have you where we want you so we can dictate terms'. I
don't understand why you think it wouldn't be legal as nothing
: Rediculous Support Clause
Sounds like 'We have you where we want you so we can dictate terms'. I
don't understand why you think it wouldn't be legal as nothing says they
have to reinstate you at all. Playing Devil's Advocate here, it's highly
likely that if you're in a position to need
It sounds like this is not simply support but also software subscription ?
CFee
From: Jeff Johnson [mailto:jjohn...@hydraflowusa.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:24 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Rediculous Support Clause
Unfortunately that may be true, but they have a great
System Admin Issuesntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
Subject: RE: Rediculous Support Clause
Unfortunately that may be true, but they have a great product and it is VERY
stable. We did not renew our support with them after we had it for 3 years,
because we never needed it. Three years later
System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Rediculous Support Clause
And for every customer that doesn't need/use support, there are 5 that
tax the system.
It tends to balance out.
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