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On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 05:46:04PM -0500, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list
thus spoke:
> Ever read a purchase contract for an automobile?  It states that there is
> not guarantee for suitability.

Okay, I will admit to not reading the complete virtual manual that is my
lease financing.  I'd be there 6hrs past closing.  However, this falls
in line with an EULA...I don't even read most of those.  I've already
paid; what am I going to do, say, "No, forget the $499 I just splashed
out, I don't agree, and just keep the money because you won't refund
it."  A lease is about the same.

Now, employment contracts, or employee handbooks...anything like that?
Oh, hell -yes-, I read -everything-.  I know things my bosses don't
know about both our obligations and entitlements.

> This statement also appears (or should appear) an many software
> contracts.  When I was working for an IBM VAR I was asked by the
> comptroller for a prospective client if we could remove that statement.
> Our attorney thought is was OK to remove it.  After some thought I
> decided it wasn't.  My reasoning was that we had written an application
> that was for a textile converter and not an apparel company.  If the
> prospective client decided to change the business format from a textile
> converted to an apparel company, we only warranted that the software they
> were purchasing would work as demonstrated and we presented.

Eh, "Be it on your own head."  Flag it as no user serviceable parts.  If
they rip off the cover, they void the warranty.  It's not unprecedented.

> Also please keep in mind that many software programs are licensed for
> single use and not sold. This is at the heart of what Mark was talking
> about. Think of all the apps available for smart devices. If these
> programs were sold through normal channels they would cost much more than
> the $.99 to five dollars that are charged for them. Many of the basic
> programs are free because the developers can market the information they
> are gathering by those using their program or they can monetize their
> expenses by selling upgrades from within their free application or do
> both. These developers are distributing thousands if not hundreds of
> thousands of versions of their program. This allows them to recoup their
> development costs very quickly and offer bug fixes or other fixes so that
> their programs can you to run on the device that it was intended for.

Not to mention all the collected data they can sell to other parties.  :)

> I have an iPhone and some of the apps which I downloaded will not work
> with the current version of IOS. The developer of these apps has chosen
> not to make their app compatible with the new version of IOS. This is
> probably true of apps written for Google's phone operating system. One
> often sees that particular features of these apps will work on one
> version of an operating system but not the other. This is not the
> developer's fault but the functionality they want to use may be available
> on one OS and not the other.

Do not start me on the concept of EvapourateWare[tm].  I'm still pissed
off that BTEP (the best terminal emulator ever available for Android) is
no longer available...and I paid for it!!!  There are pirated copies out
there, but I wouldn't trust them as far as I can throw them.

>  Do any of you want to absorb the cost of a migration from a *nix OS to
>  a Windows OS or a different version of the *nix system? From the posts
>  on the last this seems to be a big issue, the differences between *nix
>  versions. FilePro runs the same on all of these versions but must be
>  configured properly for the particular OS that the program is to run
>  on. The Windows version of filePro will not run on a*nix OS; however,
>  the processing tables etc. can be migrated to run on a *nix OS and vice
>  versa.

I don't give a damn if someone moves OneGate between OSes, as long as
I'm paid for the number of servers upon which it's used concurrently.
If someone wants -support- for it for a specific platform, in terms of,
"This isn't a bug, but I need help," they get charged whether or not
it's a 'supported' platform.  Perl runs on enough things that it's not
unthinkable that someone might do an off-label OS.  Fine with me, as
long as I'm getting paid for the support calls/emails/work.  As far as
the software itself, run it on what you like.  Ditto any of my software.

Bottom line is that I won't charge for support if it's proven to be an
actual bug, but I will charge if it's not.

> I have to agree with Nancy, FP Tech has no obligation and developers
> have no obligation to upgrade clients when the primary OS changes. Think
> MS-DOS to Windows XP; that's 16 bit to 32 bit programming.  Now most
> OS's are 54 bit so that they can take advantage of all the memory space
> available and also manage the computer cores.  It is "a feather in

I've never met a 54-bit chip.  :)

(They put those keys peskily close together, don't they?!)

I think crossgrades between platforms should be free, in perpetuity, for
the exact same version, if the binaries ever existed for origin and
destination.  Any support should be done at-cost.  Many vendors handle
things this way.  One charge, pick your platform, switch your
platform...whatever.  Every last DAW I have is like this, as are pretty
much 99% of my VSTs (and I have over 1400 64-bit ones alone).

For that matter, I'm quite against making the binary distributions for past
versions disappear artificially.

We'll just have to agree to disagree.

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