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What my management did was to discuss it with lawyers, and fight to lower
the price that Infor wanted us to pay. This was after they had thrown away
the correct documentation under a management theory that I disagreed with,
but that was not my decision.
What I had advised my superiors and co-workers before this happened was to
NEVER volunteer any info to Infor, because anything they know, they can use
to ding us for more money. I also suggested we use a PO Box for our
official address, so we could change street address at will, and it not
affect our Infor relationship.
The problem is that people refuse to believe Infor, or SSA before them,
could do anything like this, until it is too late to avoid being subjected
to the transfer fees.
When you get back in compliance again, check the contract very carefully
that they have not slipped in removal of some rights you used to have, such
as Ok to modify, use some modules, ceiling on # users. For example, instead
of using the names for 405 CD modules, they may use names of a much later
version, then later come back at you for using 405 CD modules not in the
later contract naming.
Another variation on the transfer clause is:
* You have a factory in compliance on BPCS.
* Your company opens a second factory, and it becomes a second
facility of BPCS, or you use a second environment. If people AT that
factory are using BPCS, or if the data in BPCS is FOR that factory, then
technically you are both using BPCS with the original contract and at same
time they could ding you again irrespective of # users, applications etc.
licensed, power of system needed.
* Telecommuting . do some people access the system from home, while
traveling to visit customers, or get tech support that way? Maybe that
could be interpreted as using the software some place else, and thus subject
to another fee for permission to do so.
* Some of the data in BPCS is supplied to vendors (PO) and customers
(invoices), auditors, and the government. Could that be construed as using
the software FOR those other companies, in which a change in your mixture of
vendors and customers means they can say breach of license?
* This is why you need help from a lawyer. What aspects of doing
business normally can they intrude on with their software license, and what
is ridiculous?
-
Al Mac
-----Original Message-----
From: bpcs-l-bounces+macwheel99=wowway.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+macwheel99=wowway.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Cavaiani
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 11:57 AM
To: BPCS ERP System
Cc: Ross Udy
Subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Has anyone gone through this with Infor?
Am I dreaming that they are actually doing this ????
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