Moving from SCO to Suse Linux

[Bill Vermillion]

On Fri, Jul 30 00:44  John Esak said 'Who you talkin' to? You talkin'
to John Esak?  I didn't do nuttin'.  I said: 

> 
> > [John said]
> > > > Good try... not going to happen. If you want another copy of
> > filePro on
> > > > another platform, it is going to cost you the price of that
> > new platform.
> > > > Anything else is sort of like saying, I'm done with my Ford
> > now I want a
> > > > Pontiac, won'tyou give me one for $1?  :-)  Like I said good try.

> > I politely disagree with that. I mean, if someone bought
> > something I had that they were using on SCO, and all they're
> > doing is -switching- platforms, not running two separate
> > servers, I don't see the problem. If they're upgrading
> > versions, they should only have to pay the upgrade fee that
> > would occur with an upgrade on the same platform. If its the
> > same version, just a different platform, maybe a $50 fee for
> > handling the request and the attendant paperwork. If I'm
> > reasonably certain they're simply migrating platforms, I fail
> > to see where they should be gouged. They could be migrating
> > from 'doze to *nix after wising up. Should they be penalised
> > for gaining IQ points? I think not. :)

> Wow! Isn't that nice... you _politely_ disagreeing with _me_. I wonder how
> cold it is in Hell right now. (Chalk up one win for the FP Room... :-)

> Well, I've not really thought about it much, but on the
> surfadce, this is one case where I think I really agree with
> FP Tech (and just about _every_ other software supllier out
> there.) The simple fact of the matter is there is no way
> for the vendor to know that you are not still using the old
> software on a fully working system. Even if that weren't
> the crux of the issue, just the simple dollars of how the
> company makes money is critical. This is the whole O/S we are
> talking about... the car... not the radio... In the case of
> say Microlite BackupEdge... you use it on SCO for two years,
> then buy another server... they are not going to just send you
> a completely new or even upgrade package for less than full
> price.

Not entirely true.  Since one customer always buys support
contracts - as the want to be sure of having someone to talk to in
case I [or any other vendor] gets hit by a train, when I called
Microlite to migrate them from SCO to SuSE I was told that all we
had to do was us the serial number sent with the upgrades - that
are sent automatically.

So while not full-price it was a benefit of the yearly support
contract.


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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com