Re: Escrow Services for Source code

Leo,

We offer a source code escrow option with all of our products. The
company we use is Fort Know Escrow Services. They have several options
for doing escrows. Their phone number is: 800-875-5669. There are other
companies that do this, too.

Patrick
-- 
IBM AS/400 communications, FTP automation, and network security
software and consulting services.

http://www.patownsend.com


Leo Lefebvre wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Did anybody ever use escrow services for for their vendor source codes?
> 
> We're negociating changes to a software package we've bought and are are
> asking the (software) distributor about buying the source code along
> with the package.
> The distributor is also making custom modifications to the package to
> suit our needs. So, I guess, he prefers we use an escrow service to
> "store" all the source code and if the software developer goes bankrupt
> (or whatever) we would then have access to the code.
> I guess we should also take the distributor modified code to an escrow
> service.
> 
> Any thought about that?
> Any name to suggest? Any company to avoid?
> --
> 
> Leo Lefebvre
> leo@tug.on.ca
> Toronto Users Group for Midrange Systems
> Visit our home page at <http://www.tug.on.ca>
> Ph: (416) 606-5960   ---   Fx: (416) 495-0100
> 
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