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Wow.  There's a lawsuit somewhere in there, that's all I can say:-)

Aaron Bartell 

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 2:27 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: RPG Decompilers (moved from CPF000)

   I used SourceRetrieval for a client once. The client's software vendor
   wanted to GOUGE them to move to a different machine to get more DASD and
   horsepower, even though the actual number of users had decreased. The
   client didn't want to abandon the platform, and was willing to continue
   paying maintenance. The vendor felt he could play hardball, however, to
   the tune of almost $100,000.
    
   When I was asked for alternatives, I mentioned SourceRetrieval as a place
   that could provide the method to recreate the license checking program on
   the new machine. They told me to make it happen, and ordered the newer,
   bigger machine. The decompilation cost less than $1,000.
    
   The vendor was willing to renegotiate with my client when the client
   started faxing a copy of the source listing (one page per day for a week)
   to them. When the vendor issued the key for the new serial number, my
   client's attorney delivered the tape containing the source code to the
   vendor.


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