>>>So without the Maintenance fees the Companies wouldn't be in profit i.e. they would go broke and from that there would be no more R & D.
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>>>>Interesting blog... puts some "hard" numbers to what many already suspect:
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http://abridgedmind.blogspot.com/2009/04/broken-promise-of-software-maintenance.html>>
>>It's not necessary for software companies to adopt the maintenance fees model in order to be financially successful.
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>>The maintenance fees model clearly makes companies treat their customers as cash cows, and reduces their incentive to innovate.
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>You're right. I worked for a company that worked on that model. We did try to innovate but it was out of personal motivation, not financial need.
Those are the companies run by bean-counters, rather than developers (engineers, innovators, WHY).
Regards. Al
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