RE: Software Contracts!!

["BPCS Support" <bpcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tony,

It's happening left-right-and-center at SSA. I've found out in the last few
days that SSA are now in the process of re-negotiating all their existing
contracts. They are initially focusing on customers who can afford to pay
but who's recent revenues to SSA have been minimal. 3rd party support is
slowly being withdrawn and taken in centrally.

The number of keys hasn't generally bothered me as if SSA aren't there to
deliver the goods, I could just modify CA9598C (AS/SET SPC Check) and SYS656
(BPCS SPC). If you need software keys, just make sure you're covered,
especially in the area of Business Continuity Planning.


Chris.



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Tony Jackson
Sent: 19 August 2000 19:43
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Software Contracts


I know that you can now only get 2 temp software keys per client.
-----Original Message-----

>
>Hi,
>
>I've been puzzling with the questions below for a few days:
>
>With the formal acquisition of SSA by Gores to form the SSA Acquisition
>Corporation, has anyone on the list received letters from SSA asking them
to
>re-negotiate existing software contracts post-gores takeover?
>
>With the company (SSA) name change and SSA going into bankruptcy, doesn't
>this in effect invalidate existing contracts thus allowing the new company
>to re-negotiate? I'm particularly alarmed by the recent posting of
customers
>who have received software to monitor application usage - another means put
>the software user(s) at a disadvantage.
>
>Please feel free to drop me an Email rather than post to the list.
>


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