I can assure you that is not the case - quite the opposite in fact. I would never suggest that you don't keep a plan B handy - everyone, IMO, should always have a plan B, C and D handy - In fact, that MO is one of the reasons we're still at it ;-)
None the less, what's really going on here is that we are finally expanding to reach our potential, and I feel it's important to do that sooner rather than later. It took a while to find a partner that was up to the task. I've had a lot of important enhancements and new technologies planned and waiting on the shelf for some time now. The count-down is over. Now it is time to get these things deployed. I know that once you've seen some of the things that are coming you will be well pleased with the results. I know I will. _M On Tuesday, December 27, 2005, 4:25:02 PM, J.D. wrote: JDS> JDS> The short notice is a little disappointing. JDS> However it is the justifications that are indicating that the JDS> provider of this solution is may no longer a viable business that really concerns me. JDS> Sounds like we need to start looking for Plan "B" today. JDS> JDS> J.D. JDS> JDS> Michael Murdoch wrote: JDS> JDS> JDS> Hi Dave, JDS> Your license is set to expire on 01/26/2006, so if receive the renewal JDS> before the end of the year. Your cost will be the same as your last JDS> renewal. Again, we are grandfathering and giving consideration to our JDS> existing clients. If you wait until after the 1st, your educational JDS> cost will be 10% off the new retail of $ 495.00. JDS> Again and finally, this increase is needed if we are to remain a viable JDS> business that is able to provide you with a quality product/service and JDS> enhancements. And, just to clarify the percentage of the price JDS> increase, it is actually a 34% increase in retail or $ 170.00 per year. JDS> I know that they may still seem like a lot to some of you, but it is JDS> either this or get out of the business. JDS> I trust and hope you will all understand. That's all that I have left JDS> to say as we have to get back to work keeping your in-boxes clean. ;-) JDS> Thank you all for your business and support. Have a great New Year! JDS> Best wishes, JDS> Mike Murdoch JDS> ARM Research Labs, LLC JDS> The Sniffer Team JDS> Tel. 850-932-5338 x303 JDS> -----Original Message----- JDS> From: JDS> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Koontz JDS> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 1:42 PM JDS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 'Pete McNeil' JDS> Subject: RE: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! JDS> Thanks for the explaination. While this is all fine and good, the JDS> reality JDS> is that many IT shops are on fixed budgets outside of their control. I JDS> can JDS> justify a 10-15% increase to our CFO, but over 50% will get shot down JDS> immediately. JDS> The fact that you haven't raised prices in years is noble, but if you JDS> need JDS> additional revenue, you should phase the increases in over a period of JDS> time, JDS> or a modest increase each year. Some customers simply can not turn up JDS> the JDS> cash buckets into over-drive whenever you deem you need a substantial JDS> cash JDS> influx. JDS> You've got a great product, and I would really hate to lose it as a JDS> tool. JDS> What will the Educational Institution pricing look like? JDS> -----Original Message----- JDS> From: JDS> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JDS> On Behalf Of Michael Murdoch JDS> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:14 PM JDS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Pete McNeil JDS> Subject: RE: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! JDS> Importance: High JDS> Hi Folks, JDS> Actually, here is some more detail as to the reasons for the price JDS> increase. JDS> In addition, please bear in mind that that prices haven't been raised in JDS> approximately 2 years and even with this increase we are priced very JDS> competitively. JDS> The new feature/benefits and more to come are as follows: JDS> * In the past 6 months we have more than doubled the number of updates JDS> per JDS> day and we will continue to increase our bandwidth and the speed of our JDS> updates. JDS> * We have more than tripled our staff to improve our monitoring, JDS> support, JDS> and rule generation capabilities. Come January, we are again doubling JDS> this JDS> staff as the black-hats have gotten much more sophisticated and this has JDS> become a 24x7 battle. Even Pete needs to sleep sometimes. :-) JDS> * We are adding new R&D programs for AFF/419 spam and Malware mitigation JDS> (many of the results from these projects have already been implemented). JDS> * During this next year as part of our continuous improvement policy we JDS> will JDS> continue to roll out new features and enhancements such as fully JDS> automated JDS> reporting, in-band real-time updates, an optimized message processing JDS> pipeline, image and file attachment tagging, advanced header structure JDS> analysis, enhanced adaptive heuristics, improved machine learning JDS> systems, JDS> real-time wave-front threat detection, and many more... JDS> It's important to recognize that many of our improvements don't require JDS> new JDS> software to be installed on the client side since they are delivered JDS> through JDS> rulebase enhancements. Though this often causes our work to go JDS> unnoticed, it JDS> is actually a design feature since it means that your installation JDS> requires JDS> very little maintenance. This translates to lowered administration costs JDS> and JDS> higher reliability. JDS> As a result of this "reliability-first" design strategy, it may not JDS> always JDS> be obvious that our service is constantly being improved and enhanced - JDS> we JDS> never stand still ;-) JDS> We'd hate to see any of you go, but please do compare us with other JDS> services. JDS> I'm sure that you'll find we're well worth the money, but it's always JDS> good JDS> to keep your options open. In fact, best practice these days for spam JDS> filtering is to use a blended approach that leverages many services. We JDS> personally encourage that for best results. JDS> Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your JDS> feedback JDS> and business! JDS> Sincerely JDS> Michael Murdoch JDS> The Sniffer Team JDS> ARM Research Labs, LLC JDS> Tel. 850-932-5338 x303 JDS> -----Original Message----- JDS> From: JDS> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fox, Thomas JDS> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 1:03 PM JDS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RE: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! JDS> I said the same thing, and the response was, basically, JDS> "We haven't raised the price in a long time, we need JDS> the money, like it or lump it." JDS> JDS> JDS> -----Original Message----- JDS> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JDS> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Koontz JDS> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 1:57 PM JDS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RE: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! JDS> Pete, why over a 50% increase? That seems rather drastic.... JDS> JDS> -----Original Message----- JDS> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JDS> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JDS> On Behalf Of Pete McNeil JDS> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12:42 PM JDS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [sniffer] Last chance to renew at the old price! JDS> Hello Sniffer folks, JDS> This is just a friendly reminder that prices will be going up JDS> January 1. JDS> You can add a year to your SNF subscription at the current price if JDS> you renew before January 1. JDS> Details are JDS> here:https://www.armresearch.com/message-sniffer/forms/form-renewal.aspThanks, JDS> _M JDS> Pete McNeil (Madscientist) JDS> President, MicroNeil Research Corporation Chief SortMonster JDS> (www.sortmonster.com) Chief Scientist (www.armresearch.com) JDS> This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For JDS> information and JDS> (un)subscription instructions go JDS> tohttp://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.htmlThis JDS> E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. 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