Some software licenses are deliberately written obtuse ...
for example the claim that there would be extra charges (not
spelled out) if we transferred the software.
Management and me interpreted that to mean if we transferred
it to a different company, or if we upgraded our system to a
more modern hardware platform.
We find out yes that is true but ALSO
We changed the name of the company to better reflect how our
business had evolved, to help our marketing ... they treat
that as a transfer ... it might cost them $ 100.00 to update
their data base, but they want $ 500 k to do it.
We got new owners, who changed the name of the company
because they also had other operations elsewhere,
consolidateing all of them under one name ... this is also
treated by the software supplier as a transfer, where they
want extortionist prices.
We neglected to tell our software suppliers, except where
tech support was needed, when we moved our corporate offices
to another city, moved the AS/400 also. Under the logic of
software houses finding any microscopic excuse to dig into
whatever deep or not so deep pockets they can imagine, that
might be construed as a transfer.
We went to a newer version of OS & called around to various
suppliers of what we use.
The best reply was "no guarantees ... you are free to use our
stuff on the new OS version ... we can give you no promises
whether it will work or not ... plus we won't ding you any $
for doing this "transfer"'
Other replies went downhill from there.
From: "Steve Richter"
I dont follow why customers buy software without knowing
what it will
cost to move the software to another system.
midrange.com
