Re: MAPICS Green Screen Support & Power Architecture

I agree, this is a topic that gets me furious.  Why pay for development of
the MAPICS
enhancements when you have to pay dearly for the improved client apps.  It
looks
to me like double taxation. Let's have a Tea Party.


----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Shaw <daveshaw@bellsouth.net>
To: <mapICS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 12:29 PM
Subject: MAPICS Green Screen Support & Power Architecture


> Forwarded by moderator on behalf of Eric Wolf (eric_a_wolf@hotmail.com):
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>
> Steve,
>
> While I believe it is appropriate and necessary to keep the system
> up-to-date technology-wise, I am concerned that the use of annual license
> fees are being primarily committed to newer applications.  When MAPICS
> announces these enhancements to the Client Architecture, for example, the
> customer's who paid for that development, cannot have the application
unless
> they pay handsomely for it.
>
> Isn't the annual licence fee actually an "Annual Maintenance, Support and
> Use" fee?  Why then, do the customers who already have MAPICS have to pay
> for these "upgrades", when they should be included as a PTF to their
> existing applications?
>
> Keep in mind, MAPICS Client Architecture applications CANNOT exist without
> the original base modules.
>
> In addition, due to some design performance issues, customers may be
> required to upgrade their AS/400 (i-Series) which incurs a MAPICS upgrade
> charge.  All you receive is a license key - nothing else.  You may see
more
> customers buying seperate machines to just to run their ERP system and
> bridging to the larger machine for other functions (email, Lotus, Web,
> etc.).  Isn't this a step backward in technology?
>
>
> Eric A. Wolf
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