Re: post.office 3.0 is coming
David Totzke ( davet@jcn1.com )
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 17:13:06 -0600
SMPnet wrote:
>
> I've been watching this from afar. Don't really care that much but, it
> would appear that it is an issue of #of mailboxes. That way you could
> make it affordable for all and upgradeable for all with licensing.
> Companies have been doing it for years with little complaints (as long
> as it's reasonably priced).
> SMPnet
>
> Lee Levitt wrote:
> >
> > Guys,
> >
> > Thanks for your comments regarding the pricing of Post.Office. When we
> > first introduced the product nobody knew how the industry was going to
> > develop. We set the unlimited server pricing model that just about every
> > other Internet software company has followed.
> >
> > We've found, however, that selling 20,000 or 50,000 mailbox mail servers at
> > $500 a copy to large ISPs just doesn't make good business sense.
> >
> > And by the way, I don't know if you've noticed that other server companies
> > are raising their prices as well...this *is* a competitive market, but it's
> > impossible to stay in business building and supporting servers for 20,000
> > users at $500 a copy.
> >
> > I understand that you've got some concerns about the changes we've made in
> > our pricing, but this industry is changing quickly and we've all got to be
> >
> > able to change along with it. How many of you have changed *your* pricing
> > in the past 2 years? How many of you were in this business 2 years ago?
> >
> > We do believe that our product is one of the best out there...and I haven't
> > seen anyone disagree with that. We also have the second largest installed
> > base of servers out there, just behind Netscape (and you know where they
> > got their server, right? <g>)
> >
> > In addition, our technical support continues to receive lots of positive
> > comments from people like you...and we believe that our tech support
> > department is unbeatable.
> >
> > I understand that you'd like us to keep our product priced low. If we did,
> > though, we couldn't afford to continually improve and enhance Post.Office
> > and provide the level of support you've gotten over the past several years.
> >
> > So what do you think is fair? Where do we draw the line between small ISPs,
> > for whom cash is tight, and larger ISPs, for whom cash is also tight...but
> > they've got a bit more of it...? Should we give our product away to one
> > group, but not to another? Help me with the rationale here...
> >
> > I do appreciate your input and feedback...we want to continue to build
> > world class products and work with high quality ISPs such as yourselves...
> >
> > Further constructive comments appreciated, either on the list or
> > private...flames ignored...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > *****************************************************
> > Lee Levitt, Director, Business Development
> > Lee.Levitt@software.com
> > Software.com - The Internet Infrastructure Company (tm)
> > Publishers of Post.Office and InterMail
> > 91 Hartwell Avenue http://www.software.com
> > Lexington, MA 02173
> > Phone: 617-274-7000 x 229 Fax: 617-674-1080
> > *****************************************************
> >
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I second This!!!
We are using Post.Office 2.0 now and are fare price for the
upgrade is understandable but the price per box has got to go.
Dave Totzke
JCN, Inc.