Re: Question About SA

Nick Hodges (CodeGear) wrote:

Yes, that is the idea. Continue to renew SA, and you'll get everything
in the Studio line of products as a result.

Here's a model I would like you to consider:

Drop the term Software Assurance. Adopt the term subscription.

Purchase D2007 for Win32. Purchase automatically includes 12 months
updates. Essentially you are purchasing a subscription whether you want to
or not with the initial purchase.

At the end of the 12 months you renew the subscription. You are given
60-90 days to renew. Date of subscription would start at date of
expiration of prior subscription.

After the 60-90 days you are still able to renew but at a higher cost,
increased each month until full amount of an initial purchase would needed
again. Date of subscription would start at renewal date, not at expiration
(after all, you are paying more now).

After you have this model add subscriptions that include everything you
make and subscription that only follow a specific track.

The biggest problem with SA as it is now is it is like paying twice to get
on board. This is quite a negative thing. (BTW, I'm on my 2nd year SA on
architect. I like SA, I don't like how it is implemented.)

--
John
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