Re: [MI400] Retreive Source an MI program

["Mark Waterbury" <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Don:

I beg to differ... if the source escrow agreement is done properly,
where's the risk?  Also, in many cases, the price of software with
full source code is "too expensive"... while the "escrow" approach
only opens the source code to the customers in the (unlikely?) event
that the ISV "goes under" (or whatever other terms and conditions
are specified in the escrow agreement).

Also, really "good" escrow agreements will include clauses to allow
independent verification that the source code that has been escrowed
in fact produces the identical program product executable code, as
an "audit" of the escrow process, to ensure that the customers are
not eventually "burned" when the ISV does go out of business, only
to find, too late, that old, obsolete, or incorrect source code has
been "escrowed."

Regards,

Mark S. Waterbury

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <dr2@cssas400.com>
To: <mi400@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [MI400] Retreive Source an MI program
>
> No, you should have insisted on getting the whole source or no contract.
>
> Source escrow, imho, is a very risky proposition...
>