Hi Hank

I take your point about maintenance services. I like Crystal most of all for its exporting capabilities. I wonder if there is another product that has such capabilities that can be used royalty free on TS.

(I haven't looked at vfp9 - does it do Excel, Word, PDF as well?)

Regards
Cyril.


>Hi Cyril,
>
>the issue with shrink-wrapped applications is that one usually makes money on yearly maintenance fees; and that leaves you with some responsibility for where it is installed.
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>From my discussion with BO, there is no way to install on TS and have the runtime remain free.
>
>The good news is that VFP9 allows multiple details, and lots of flexibility in output, etc., so most of the advantages of CR are negated. But it's still a pain.
>
>Hank
>
>>>On thing to be aware of before starting with it: when used with a fat client, distribution of the runtime is free. But put that fat client on a terminal server, or Citrix server, and the charge (as of last Friday when I called them) is $5,000/cpu.
>>>
>>>Hank
>>>
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>>Hi Hank
>>
>>What happens when you sell a shrinked-wrapped application and don't know where it is going to be installed? What happens if the client then installs it on terminal server or Citrix?
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>>is there a way to install it on TS so that the runtime remains free?
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>>(I know you are not working for CR<g>, but maybe you have considered these issues?)
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>>Regards
>>Cyril.