When Sage first spotlighted Billing Boss in the US at the Sleeter Group conference I was in the audience and everyone (including Sage) was surprised to see it unveiled.
What pre-packaged software companies need is a way to tie license renewal to continued use of the software. The Sage MAS 90 product doesn't do this and I think part of the annual maintenance has to be a renewal key that unlocks the software for another year.
Worth noting that Intuit does this in a small manner with their QuickBooks product. They discontinue support every few years (I'm not certain of the exact number but 3 yrs seems about right) and if you're using Payroll you have to either upgrade or compute the taxes manually as the table functionality shuts off.
You're going to see more vendors adopt that "shut the software down" methodology in some fashion. The market is largely now driven by installed base sales and maintenance renewals. No reason to pretend (or measure it) like its not.
sap job
· 9 months ago
I am hearing this sort of news daily. I think It will continue until recession is over.
John Batista
· 8 months ago
Sage has certainly declined in the last yr. My friend has worked there for yrs and said times have never been so bad. there were job cuts last year, today 8/4/09, they announced to the whole company that voluntary redundancy is being offered. tough times
Johnq
· 8 months ago
This company is an attack on American Commerce. Before it was purchased by a British owner, it was on a steady incline. I worked as a support technician, and heard repeatitive commments from prior customers about losing the service they were used to.
I really believe the company was bought for the purpose of liquidating assetts into the pockets of 70s generation "executives". I prefer to call them criminals in business suites. What will add insult to injury is that America will bail it out.
Want to know why your medical bills are so high. Its because this company marks inferior hardware up everything 300% and the clients dont have a clue.
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What pre-packaged software companies need is a way to tie license renewal to continued use of the software. The Sage MAS 90 product doesn't do this and I think part of the annual maintenance has to be a renewal key that unlocks the software for another year.
Worth noting that Intuit does this in a small manner with their QuickBooks product. They discontinue support every few years (I'm not certain of the exact number but 3 yrs seems about right) and if you're using Payroll you have to either upgrade or compute the taxes manually as the table functionality shuts off.
You're going to see more vendors adopt that "shut the software down" methodology in some fashion. The market is largely now driven by installed base sales and maintenance renewals. No reason to pretend (or measure it) like its not.
I really believe the company was bought for the purpose of liquidating assetts into the pockets of 70s generation "executives". I prefer to call them criminals in business suites. What will add insult to injury is that America will bail it out.
Want to know why your medical bills are so high. Its because this company marks inferior hardware up everything 300% and the clients dont have a clue.