In article <gjtnts$p88$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > In article <gjtl1s$m4q$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>
> >> > In article <O6OdncfPL6qBvv_UnZ2dnUVZ8u-dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >> > "Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_lick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hadron wrote:
> >> >> > Face it : it came as a surprise to you that companies pay by the SEAT
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > USE the SW.
> >> >>
> >> >> Not at all. And by-seat payment is not what was being discussed in this
> >> >> thread. What was being discussed in this thread is basically rental
> >> >> software. Any business which uses this method with no benefit in return
> >> >> (stated by you) deserves to go bump.
> >> >
> >> > Yup. When you're paying for specific releases of software (the way most
> >> > consumers do), costs vary unpredictably from year to year, which
> >> > businesses generally don't like. They sign up for service agreements
> >> > (where they pay the same amount every year and simply have access to
> >> > whatever new stuff comes out) specifically to avoid this.
> >>
> >> Yes. Per head. Per period (normally year). Support is another thing
> >> altogether.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Renting software by the hour doesn't make costs more predictable and
> >> > consistent. Quite the opposite, in fact. I would expect it to be a
> >> > non-starter in the business world.
> >>
> >> But leasing SW per user(seat) per period is very common. Whether you USE
> >> it or not.
> >
> > You appear to have missed my entire point. Business like per-user
>
> How can I miss any point when I am merely making a statement about what
> businesses DO do? Re-read the sentence above again.
>
> > per-period licensing because it makes costs predictable and
> > consistent.
>
> I know. I agree. It's why its done.
>
> > Licensing software per hour used has the exact *opposite* effect. It
> > makes costs *less* predictable and consistent.
>
> Where did I miss this point ? I did not comment on this point since I
> have NEVER seen this done except in the case of internet cafes. You are
> making this bit up.
You have twice responded to comments that businesses will be
uninterested in use-hour licensing with comments to the effect that they
have adopted other types of per-seat per-period licensing. If this
wasn't an attempt to draw an analogy between the two, then your attempts
at communication appear to be utterly incoherent.
I will remember in the future that attempting to derive comprehensible
meanings from the words you string together is a pointless exercise.
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