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[David Froble]

Rich Jordan wrote:
> On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 5:48:05 PM UTC-5, David Froble wrote:
>> Rich Jordan wrote:
>>
>>>      Process is out, for the same reason that PMDF, or an exchange server is out.  Zero budget.
>> Question?  Is there any budget for a support contract?
> 
> That would be nice.  No.  They're not going to put one penny into the
> VMS system (we have a systems and network maintenance contract with
> them so we're on the hook to get things working).  Likely it will be
> replaced by Q3 or Q4, depending on their budgeting.  We'd both just
> like not to be tied up waiting for mail or on multi hour support
> calls for the remaining time.  I do wish we could do PMDF, or even
> Communigate, old though it is.  But no go.

I had a customer who was dead set against the VMS system.  Best and most 
reliable system they had.  Didn't matter.  So, I took what was offered, 
re-wrote the application in VB for weendoze, and we went our separate ways.

If your customer is not going to give VMS a chance to do their job, then 
there's not much more you can do.  Get what you can, and move on.

However, if I thought the customer might be open to some improvements, 
I'd go to Process and say, "I cannot buy a PMDF license, however, I can 
give you at least a 1 year (or whatever) support contract".  If it was 
me, I'd say "here's the license, usable in a commercial environment as 
long as a support contract is in place", and I'd be ahead, since a 
license purchase just won't happen.

I'd go even further, though it might not be a good idea.  I'd say, no 
license required, and you own nothing, but you can use the product as 
long as a support contract is in effect, and you remove the product from 
your system if the support contract is terminated.  But I'm not sure 
which budgets rent / lease and support might come from.

Basically, I think purchasing software licenses is becoming a thing of 
the past.  Recurring income is better anyway.