Hi Bruce & the Group,
At 13:15 -0800 12/04/97, Bruce Lallathin wrote:
> If there was a small charge for
>upgrades it would help to keep the programmer compensated for a lot of
>work. How about a flat fee per year, say $35 to get a "PIN" number to
>access the BBS or preferably the internet site. Lets face it, I have got a
>lot for my initial investment! If is worth having it is worth paying for...
I would agree in principle. But... The going rate for annual software
maintenance for 'big' workstations (Sun, HP, etc.)is about 12% of the
cost of the product; _not_ 44%. The 12% cost has the customer paying
for bug fixes as well as feature enhancements.
In line with software upgrades for personal computers, 40 to 50% would be
an appropriate price to upgrade a major revision. Say from version 9.x.x to
version 10.x.x. A mini upgrade could happen if significant features were
added without the major rev incrementing.
There's my 4 cents worth. What do you think?
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Meanwhile, that's GREAT to have the BBS info put directly on the internet.
Us poor folks with only ISDN lines will be able to reach it, too.
cheers & 73, Tony
Tony Armendariz
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