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Lab talk, the good, the bad, and the ugly
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<blockquote data-quote="Terry Whitty" data-source="post: 127717" data-attributes="member: 11301"><p>The reality is this... everyone uses a a model which they think will keep their business in a state of perpetual income.</p><p>Wouldn't that be nice for a lab...well labs do too....until things start going sour! Then they discover marketing ..real quick!</p><p></p><p>Software is an interesting one... you can own hardware but you don't own software. You do have a license to use it though.</p><p>Now read your license conditions well... especially the small print...</p><p></p><p>Some companies like the customer to pay compulsory yearly fees so you receive the latest updates etc.. i.e.: a maintenance fee..this assures the company of an income so they can continue development etc. This makes complete sense, but maybe not to the customer...$$$</p><p></p><p>Others have a non compulsory maintenance fee... but hang on.</p><p></p><p>If your old version still works then you keep using it without a fee, right? Well maybe not.. Your OS may update files that render your working version useless.</p><p>Or a driver may change..same result. This happens all the time...</p><p></p><p>Best advice... </p><p></p><p>Take maintenance contracts, compulsory or not, on all your software as it will be less of a headache in the long run..In the big scheme of things, it's not really that expensive. It will actually be more cost effective to do it yearly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Terry Whitty, post: 127717, member: 11301"] The reality is this... everyone uses a a model which they think will keep their business in a state of perpetual income. Wouldn't that be nice for a lab...well labs do too....until things start going sour! Then they discover marketing ..real quick! Software is an interesting one... you can own hardware but you don't own software. You do have a license to use it though. Now read your license conditions well... especially the small print... Some companies like the customer to pay compulsory yearly fees so you receive the latest updates etc.. i.e.: a maintenance fee..this assures the company of an income so they can continue development etc. This makes complete sense, but maybe not to the customer...$$$ Others have a non compulsory maintenance fee... but hang on. If your old version still works then you keep using it without a fee, right? Well maybe not.. Your OS may update files that render your working version useless. Or a driver may change..same result. This happens all the time... Best advice... Take maintenance contracts, compulsory or not, on all your software as it will be less of a headache in the long run..In the big scheme of things, it's not really that expensive. It will actually be more cost effective to do it yearly. [/QUOTE]
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