From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,fc6b98caa14b4851 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!novia!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.ision.net!newsfeed2.easynews.net!ision!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool3.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Subject: Re: Why is OSS Commercial Software So Expensive? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de Organization: cbb software GmbH References: <3698634.pnVmuSdKQp@linux1.krischik.com> <1160631304.552665.260340@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:49:26 +0200 Message-ID: <1q5r6urt6t1jo.15ukd0ebq3l7o$.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Oct 2006 13:49:26 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: dc769c87.newsspool3.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=Ha]MDF2]g;VmG86`U=_nC_McF=Q^Z^V3X4Fo<]lROoRQFl8W>\BH3YR@D3]>VO>WTTDNcfSJ;bb[UFCTGGVUmh?TN\HXHJ4e80^T_9ibe3BL]] X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:6932 Date: 2006-10-12T13:49:26+02:00 List-Id: On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:43:17 +0200, sg wrote: > Larry Kilgallen napisa�(a): >> The president of ACT has said that below a certain level it is _more_ >> expensive for them to support a smaller number of users than a larger >> number. When one gets to 5 users, there is some self-help provided >> between people in the customer organization. > > OK, but if I want to buy licence for 2 seats with no support at all I can't Umm, like Windows without Media Player? ... (:-)) -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de