Moving from SCO to Suse Linux

[John Esak]

> On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 02:34:05PM -0700, Enrique Arredondo wrote:
> > > 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 missed out on saying that that argument is utter hogwash, in my
> earlier reply, so I just want to say it now.
>
> What we're paying for is a *license to use the package on our
> computer*.  I'm pretty sure the slip of paper you get with it says so.
>
> What it *is* similar to is Kenwood saying, "Oh, you want to take your
> stereo out of your Corvette and put it in your new Bimmer?  Sorry; you
> can't do that; that model of stereo only works in Corvette's.  But
> we'll be happy to sell you a *new* stereo that only works in Bimmers;
> full price."

No, the utter hogwash is your interpretation of the package as the component
in a car... What I tried to explain to Mark, which zoomed over his head,
also, is that it is "the car" we are talking about in the analogy, not some
movable part. You obviously do not make your living selling a product that
can only be used on one platform. If you did, I doubt very much you would
give it away free on other platforms to people who bought it one time for
their first platform.  Next buys should cost money... how else would you
expect the comapny to survive the changes in high-tech equipment, new O/S's,
etc., etc. My version of filePro has worked on SCO since day one... Even the
Xenix worked on the Unix based stuff for awhile. Changing to Unix at minimal
cost was nothing... from that point, it has gone through many version
upgrades without problem. If I moved to a Linux box, I would fully expect to
pay full price for a new Linux copy. Yes, I can sell the original SCO on
E-bary should I want to do so.

John