[THIN] Re: What are you getting for SA subscription this year? Not much if you are not running CPS 4.
- From: gabriel.j.byrne@xxxxxx
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:18:55 +0100
I found it downloaded it and now have 2 months to negotiate SA. the basic
math says that large organizations are not in the habit of upgrading every
9-10 months; in fact many won't even deploy the latest rollup pack for
3-6months for fear that it will send everything bellyup. so if i don't
renew and don't have to pay SA for 3 years, will that saving be more or
less oe equal to the cost of renewing from scratch?. who knows maybe all
the functionality needed by some may be addressed by Microsoft during that
period and then what?
Perhaps it is time to recognize that there are different customers with
different needs. ie Enterprise SA which is paid but entitles you to
consulting days, One major release upgrade in a 3 year cycle and ensures
support on the product level used until this happens.
very difficult? probably but Citrix are in the habit of making a huge
amount of money even if they missed the analysts forecasts this quarter. It
is time to stop and take stock of what has brought them to the point of 1B$
. their customers. I myself have experienced "that will be fixed in the
next release" and "that is not officially supported" in return for the SA
price paid , code should be produced in that is for the current product as
well and "not officially" should never be heard again
my 2 cents
gabriel.j.byrne
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