Re: Counting users - rip-off

[ken shields <kjs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Neil
        You're right.
        Why worry about a software problem, the guys on Midrange-L
        can figure it out for me!
Ken
Neil Palmer wrote:
> 
> Then that particular vendor appears to be technically incompetent.
> 
> ...Neil
> 
> "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com>
> Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> 2001/07/31 16:38
> Please respond to MIDRANGE-L
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>         To:     <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
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>         Subject:        Re: Counting users - rip-off
> 
> Hi Alan,
> 
> The norm is purchasing licenses  for users that use the software, not all
> possible users on the system. Think of group profiles which cannot even
> signon. Should you pay for a license for that "user"? Apparently this
> particular vendor thinks so.
> 
> Regards,
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice
> 909 425-0196 fax
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alan shore" <SHOREA@dime.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 12:35 PM
> Subject: RE: Counting users - rip-off
> 
> > Why do you consider this a rip-off. Purchasing licenses for a
> predetermined number of users is one of the market norms, for ANY platform
> >
> > >>> "Berg, Dan" <berg@scdatacenter.com> 07/31/01 02:51PM >>>
> >
> > and may we ask who this vendor is so that we can steer clear of them? :)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Larry Bolhuis
> [mailto:lbolhuis@arbsol.com]
> > Subject: Re: Counting users
> >
> > >  BTW I got a call from one of my customers a few weeks back. They were
> > >being hounded by their software vendor because they had exceeded the
> > >number of users. Not the number in the software, the number of USER
> > >PROFILES on the system!!  Seems their agreement doesn't limit the
> number
> > >of users in their software (each of which must be enrolled in order to
> > >utilize it) but the number on the box! So all the email users (yes the
> > >AS/400 has happily been their mail server since 1999) get counted
> > >against the software even though they have *SIGNOFF for their initial
> > >program!! The issue has not been resolved yet but the customer believes
> > >they are abiding by the spirit of the agreement though not the letter
> of
> > >it.  (Wish I'd thought of it, almost 50 users BUILT IN! What a revenue
> > >stream.)
> 
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Ken Shields
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