In support of paying for your "support". I have been both an end-user and a var and with the benefit of experience and hindsight I can only say that paying for your support of UV is both fair and reasonable.
In some cases it can be argued that it is not necessary but think of it as insurance. If you don't need it then you are lucky but if you do then at least that is one hurdle you do not have to jump in getting things sorted out. I have had clients that have taken the "cheap" way out only to pay more when they needed it. Not to mention the cost of time lost. My AU$0.02 worth! Cheers Trevor Ockenden OSP ----- Original Message ----- From: "jimmay h" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: [UV] How much do you pay for support each year? > Our VAR just sent our UniVerse support bill for next year. We are running > UniVerse 10.0.0.1 on Windows 2000 Sever. > It is $72/user license. With 60 licenses, that is $4320, plus the windows > support at 865.00. > > We used them for some support over the year, but mostly it was related to > their installation of UV on the server prior to shipping it to us. We're > located on the west coast and their support was in the east coast of the US. > So, sometimes their support was slow in responding. > > They are not our software vendor, they just sold us the server and UniVerse. > > What are my options? > Can we purchase support directly from IBM? > > Any ideas? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Click, drag and drop. My MSN is the simple way to design your homepage. > http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200364ave/direct/01/ > > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG 6.0. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.593 / Virus Database: 376 - Release Date: 20/02/2004 -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users