[THIN] Re: New Subscription Advantage rules
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:45:01 -0700 (PDT)
No if I were a betting man I would wager that they have plans to overhaul the
entire system and want to get all the sku's out of the vendors hands before
they do so they aren't selling the wrong thing. Just a guess though.
JK
George Yobst <george.yobst@> wrote:
I think Citrix is doing the same thing as the Airlines did to the
travel agencies -- squeeze out the middle-man and take the profit
themselves. Booooo!
(Now watch my SA costs go up 20% since I said that!) -George
On 7/20/06, Jeff Pitsch wrote:
>
> GREAT that means you guys can come to me for your licensing then :)
>
> lol
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> On 7/20/06, George Yobst wrote:
> >
> My vendor, Xiologix, just said the same thing. ;-(
> Guess I'd better raise the budget a bit.
> Thanks for the heads up!
> -George
>
> On 7/20/06, Peterson David wrote:
> >
> > I talked to a second vendor, ASAP Software and they've been told the same
> > thing. They're going to send me the announcement later today. So it seems
> it
> > isn't just MTM, but the vendors are just finding out about it. I don't
> know
> > about Internationally. Maybe MTM was just one of the first ones to be
> told.
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> > Of Andrew Wood
> > Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:17 AM
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> > Subject: [THIN] Re: New Subscription Advantage rules
> >
> >
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: New Subscription Advantage rules
> >
> >
> > Not true of vendors over in the UK if thats any help - maybe it is just
> > them.
> > ________________________________
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Peterson David
> > Sent: 20 July 2006 13:42
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: New Subscription Advantage rules
> >
> >
> > Yeah, it is MTM. I started using them back when they were Vector ESP. The
> > message I got made it sound like it was an across the board change, not
> just
> > MTM. If it is just them, I might have just started looking for another
> > vendor, but we only have 70 licenses, so the cost increase is negligable
> for
> > me, and I like being able to go to their Stump Andy Jones presentations.
> > ________________________________
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:47 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: New Subscription Advantage rules
> >
> > I got the same thing from a vendor. Was yours from MTM? Wonder who at
> > Citrix they pissed off?
> > JK
> >
> > Peterson David wrote:
> > I didn't see this mentioned unless I missed it in the Microsoft/Winternals
> > talk. My Citrix vendor just sent me a message that all SA purchasing is
> > going to be directly through Citrix and the vendors will just handle the
> > syncs, quotes etc. According to my vendor, everything will be retail
> prices
> > except for Open and Flex agreements, so if you get a discount from your
> > current vendor, that will no longer apply. This happens August 1. If they
> > just made the announcement on the 17th and the new pricing goes in effect
> > August 1st, I hope no one's price goes up drastically and have to renew
> > before a new budget cycle.
> > We're a small shop Citrix wise, so mine won't go up much, but it is
> > something worth noting.
> > I haven't seen anything on Citrix's site yet.
> >
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