out of the loop on this one.. but mainly i think upgrades and support is 2 things.<br>as well as modules and upgrades...<br><br>so basically <br>UPGRADES is a mean to add functionallity.. ( upgrade your car by putting a new motor block..) THIS NEEDS CASH
<br>UPDATES is a way to FIX things on a earlier version and SHOULD BE FREE one who make you pay for updates is a SCAM/THIEF<br>SUPPORT should be either included in price and SAID SO or simply an ADD ON to a product...per month per year etc etc..AGAIN CASH
<br>INSTALL should be included in a "CUSTOM MADE" software you buy .. yes some companies will devel software and stil lcharge an install fee... another scam<br><br><br>what we see in this and other software industries is companies capitalizing on updates..
<br>you notice that winamp UPDATES every week.. this is to #1 SCAM ALL SOFT SEO's into pushing the products back up a list.. (bumping) etc.. so now you get software devels. changing revisions every week to get seen on the market .. alot of these around.
<br><br>Again another approach they have is simply MAJOR revisioning software for the sole purpose of getting to your wallet..<br><br>EX V1.01 skin A , then major upgrade to V2.00 with nothing new then a fancy skin... <br>
Another scam... basically ask for the .diff in fieatures before falling for this...<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Derrick Moennick</b> <<a href="mailto:derrick@phonesource.ca">
derrick@phonesource.ca</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Craig,<br><br>Like support? Continual upgrades to the software package, the ability to
<br>upgrade to the next package for the difference in price?<br><br>Derrick<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a><br>[mailto:
<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] On Behalf Of Craig<br>Lawrence<br>Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:08 PM<br>To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
<br>Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] View from a side competitor<br><br>We purchased a copy of Switchvox almost 2 years ago with the intention<br>of<br>being a reseller however we found that there wasn't really any support
<br>for a<br>channel, as such. As a result the software has never been used.<br><br>We recently went back to see if things had changed. We explained that we<br>would had been waiting for Switchvox to get organized and support
<br>resellers.<br>So when we asked for an upgrade to the most recent version we were<br>surprised<br>to be told we'd need to pay full price to upgrade. So we've concluded<br>that<br>nothing's really changed.<br>
<br>My point is that it's not the GUI's features or the cost that are the<br>main<br>issue here. There are other things that you need and expect if you're<br>planning to resell someone else's product.<br><br>
IMHO<br><br>Craig Lawrence<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">
asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro<br>Sent: Wednesday, 21 February 2007 8:40 AM<br>To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<br>Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] View from a side competitor
<br><br>It would be cool to see a point by point comparison article written by a<br><br>third party. I am not volunteering, just think it would be cool.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Steve<br><br>Paul wrote:<br>> I think the thread went in a fonality-centered direction. General
<br>> discussion about partner/reseller programs is always interesting here.<br>><br>> Bill Michaelson wrote:<br>><br>><br>>> The thread is going where participants take it. I didn't mean to<br>>> start trouble. I just thought it would be interesting to see all
<br>this<br>>> stuff out in the open - if anyone wanted to contribute (or not).<br>>> asterisk-biz, right?<br>>><br>>> Kim C. Callis wrote:<br>>><br>>><br>>>> I guess Fonality was the start, but there is nothing wrong with a
<br>>>> general overview of some of the programs available...<br>>>><br>>>> K<br>>>><br>>>> On 2/19/07, *Paul* < <a href="mailto:ast2005@9ux.com">ast2005@9ux.com</a> <mailto:
<a href="mailto:ast2005@9ux.com">ast2005@9ux.com</a>>><br>wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> Is this discussion about partner programs in general or<br>specifically<br>>>> about Fonality's program? Where is this thread going?
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