On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 20:40 -0700, slegge@govliquidation.com wrote: > > DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMO > > When on a tight budget ALWAYS demo everything first. It's easier to > justify your hourly rate rather than the app. Especially when it's > your name/ass on the line, I recommend you ALWAYS insist on not giving > ANY billable information before you demo anything. One good way out of > that is to say you are non-disclosured to not give out even the > slightest information about who you are or who you are working for. If > they are a viable business they will be aware of the fact many > companies dont want people to know who uses what products. If I sold > software I would want to showoff how wonderful and featurefull my > product was not keep it closed up and hidden. ---- I believe the operative term is always 'caveat emtor' ---- > As for open source gone wrong look @ apps like ARCserve how many > possible ways can you package tar and gzip??? I swear Computer > Associates sells sooo much rebadged opensource I don't know if they > know how their own product works anymore. ---- You get the java based web controller for their ArcServe which is what I guess I am having my clients pay for. You are hitting on a sore subject at the moment because I'm a little ticked off at CA ---- > I really enjoy calling places who ask for a $50 incident fee when ITS > THEIR FAULT!!! ---- They have next to worthless free email support. ;-) Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss