At 12:03 PM 28-01-97 -0800, Ken Kirby wrote:
>Allow me to jump into this tier/user pricing bonfire:
>
>Tier pricing is unfair. This is like my buying a car stereo for my

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>The bottom line (from the customer's viewpiont): what deliverables do I
>receive from the software supplier for the money I paid? Here's what I
>get:
>
>1 copy of the software to run on
>1 machine, with
>1 set of manuals, and maybe
>1 support contract
>
>Of course, I expect to pay extra for:
>
>Extra copies to run on other machines
>Extra Manuals
>Increased levels of support
>
>That's all I or anyone else should have to pay for. Ever.
>No matter how big the machine is.
>No matter how many people use it.
>
>Period.
>

amen!