[discussion] Schema of Valentina server licensing

[Lynn Fredricks]

> I'd like to chime in here with a question/request.
> 
> Would it be possible to have our clients purchase additional 
> users and 
> get server updates through a mechanism similar to what kagi 
> provides for 
> paradigmasoft now? I would like to be able to set the cost, 
> control a web 
> page that supplies the information, but have fulfillment be 
> automatated 
> through this proposed mechanism. Paradigma would provide a 
> mechanism for 
> managing these update and give me credit for the amounts 
> collected. Of 
> course we could manage all of this information ourselves and dole out 
> keys manually, but that implies a pre sale cash outlay 
> instead of a just 
> in time purchase. The price that we pay could be related to 
> the number of 
> seats sold. This sort of credit system isn't unusual and provides an 
> incentive to increase sales without overextending ourselves 
> in order to 
> get the lower per unit price. I understand that this won't have the 
> result of giving Paradigma a big cash influx immediately based on 
> developers future sales projections, but it is a better long 
> term method 
> of doing business in that it ties your success to the success of your 
> users. I could imagine some set up cost to be part of this system and 
> also a developer kit that includes a license for only the demo server 
> capability. 
> 
> Does this make sense to anyone else?

Ive known a lot of solution providers that get very nervous when it
looks like *their* vendor is trying to usurp the relationship with the
customer. Models like this are increasing in popularity (such as
Microsoft's partner programs) but it scares a lot of solution providers.

Best regards,


Lynn Fredricks
President
Proactive International, LLC

http://www.proactive-intl.com