Re: Retreive Source an MI program

we are beginning to get off topic...
say what you have to say and that's it.

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Waterbury <mark.s.waterbury@worldnet.att.net>
To: <mi400@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MI400] Retreive Source an MI program


> 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...
> >
>
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