[lally] Re: SPLA
- From: Xing Rong <xingron@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lally@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:02:31 +0100 (BST)
Hi Kumar,
NPV probably is the first thing we would look at. I believe your company has
a timeframe for the product upgrade.
Following John and Remy's suggestions, I would also remind you of the
break-even analysis which is useful for start-up companies and new projects.
CoreSense uses SaaS (Software as Service) model. They priced the platform
modules and additional features separately. Whatever the product life is
conceived by the customers, it is always compelling when they compare the TCO
(total cost of ownership) with that of their competitors' . I don't know your
product is packaged or customized. But the same rule applies to both.
I'm not a computer savvy. Just some random thoughts here.
Rita
remy <remy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Kumar,
It would seem that MicroSoft would have this information based on the tons
of data they collect. T think another way to look at this would be in terms
of finance. If I purchase a piece of software for $100 today and I am
expected to upgrade the software for next 5 years at $20 per year, then I
can determine the PV of the upgrades plus the $100. That would be the total
PV of that piece of software. if I were going to lease it, I would want to
make sure that the PV of the lease is equal to the PV of the purchase and
the upgrades.
Remy
>Hi folks,
>Let me welcome you to the group by putting up a question which I have been
>struggling with for the past few days.
>
>Many of you in the hi-tech world are probably aware that Microsoft has
>developed its Services Provider License Agreement (SPLA) to sell software
>on a pay as you use basis. this allows enterprises or web developers to
>subscribe for the software on a monthly basis as opposed to paying a huge
>upfront cost. The financial advantages are obvious to the consumers, they
>get to pay off the software costs as business operating expense as opposed
>to capital costs.
>
>My question is around pricing. Microsoft says their software under SPLA
>is priced so that customers pay the same amount, over the life of the
>software,in paying on a monthly basis, as they would have paid
>upfront. Now, how does Microsoft or any other software developer be able
>to predict the life of a software when technology is changing so fast?
>
>Does anyone have any idea what industry standards are? Does anyone have
>any idea on how software could be priced and packaged differently.
>
>Any thoughts, insights will be appreciated.
>
>--
>Kumar Pandey
>Chief Operations Officer
>Flatburger Inc.
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