[discussion] Schema of Valentina server licensing

Robert Brenstein rjb at rz.uni-potsdam.de
Fri Jun 20 00:50:02 CDT 2003


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>VDN subscribers will also be able to buy Valentina 2 Server at a
>discounted rate. At some point, you might have a customer who wants to
>use a single install of Valentina 2 Server serve up data to multiple,
>different types of apps you make. It might make sense to just sell them
>a full Valentina 2 Server (and yes, there will be an unlimited
>connection version of this available). Paradigma prefers that VDN
>subscribers can be competitive with resellers so that the VDN
>subscriber's customers don't just go out and buy Valentina Server 2 from
>someone else cheaper. It also makes the VDN subscriber competitive
>against Paradigma direct sales.

But by selling the product, the VDN subscribers become de facto 
resellers and thus assume full product support and responsibility for 
the servers they sell (tech support, consulting, returns, etc), which 
some developers may not care for. Or don't they?

Robert


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