If you were marketing a vertical app and pricing it per license, would you consider a license specific to the installed machine or keep track of users logged in and make sure the active user count doesn't go over the # of licenses the client purchased?
My VFP9SP2 app uses the latter, and goes against a MariaDB database.
I agree with you in a simultaneous user license of N users.
You can then look at tracking days where user count exceeds agreement and you charge a tiny daily fee for that. Instead of locking someone out of working with it. That fee needs to be initialed in the contract as well.
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 2:19 PM, <mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com
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If you were marketing a vertical app and pricing it per license, would you consider a license specific to the installed machine or keep track of users logged in and make sure the active user count doesn't go over the # of licenses the client purchased?
My VFP9SP2 app uses the latter, and goes against a MariaDB database.
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On 2018-02-06 15:51, Stephen Russell wrote:
I agree with you in a simultaneous user license of N users.
You can then look at tracking days where user count exceeds agreement and you charge a tiny daily fee for that. Instead of locking someone out of working with it. That fee needs to be initialed in the contract as well.
Great tip...thanks, Stephen!
Mike,
Not sure about Stephen's tip. Unless you are charging big bucks per user.
You would have to track - on a daily basis logged in users. Then, would have to show those days where usage was exceeded. You would have variable billing. Seems like a lot of work - depending on the incremental charge. Then, billing could be questioned and you would have to answer. Might be easier to license for n and allow for n+2 users or something like that.
Carl
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 10:10 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: Licensing strategy
On 2018-02-06 15:51, Stephen Russell wrote:
I agree with you in a simultaneous user license of N users.
You can then look at tracking days where user count exceeds agreement and you charge a tiny daily fee for that. Instead of locking someone out of working with it. That fee needs to be initialed in the contract as well.
Great tip...thanks, Stephen!
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standard feature in FoxInCloud; see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMcbSEZoPtM @ 4:48
Thierry Nivelet FoxInCloud Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud http://foxincloud.com/
Le 07/02/2018 à 04:25, Carl Lindner a écrit :
Seems like a lot of work - depending on the incremental charge
If you cannot track something as simple as user counts..............
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 9:25 PM, Carl Lindner carl@bdos.com wrote:
Mike,
Not sure about Stephen's tip. Unless you are charging big bucks per user.
You would have to track - on a daily basis logged in users. Then, would have to show those days where usage was exceeded. You would have variable billing. Seems like a lot of work - depending on the incremental charge. Then, billing could be questioned and you would have to answer. Might be easier to license for n and allow for n+2 users or something like that.
Carl
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 10:10 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: Licensing strategy
On 2018-02-06 15:51, Stephen Russell wrote:
I agree with you in a simultaneous user license of N users.
You can then look at tracking days where user count exceeds agreement and you charge a tiny daily fee for that. Instead of locking someone out of working with it. That fee needs to be initialed in the contract as well.
Great tip...thanks, Stephen!
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On 2018-02-06 22:25, Carl Lindner wrote:
Mike,
Not sure about Stephen's tip. Unless you are charging big bucks per user.
You would have to track - on a daily basis logged in users. Then, would have to show those days where usage was exceeded. You would have variable billing. Seems like a lot of work - depending on the incremental charge. Then, billing could be questioned and you would have to answer. Might be easier to license for n and allow for n+2 users or something like that.
Carl
Hi Carl,
n <> n + 2....lol!
Seriously though...if you track license usage, then you already have something in place for daily basis in users as you said. You could give a kind warning, maybe giving them X warnings before a surcharge kicked in. All done programatically (until the limit is met, and then you'd manually bill them if they accepted some "WARNING: PROCEEDING WILL INCUR A FEE OF $5 FOR THIS EXTRA USER BEYOND YOUR LICENSE LIMIT." or something nicer and friendlier than that.
I don't think I would do that anyway, but it's an interesting discussion.
When user count exceeds agreement, FoxInCloud sends an email; then sales people talk with the client about the license extension he needs.
(works for FoxInCloud, his clients, client's clients and so on)
Thierry Nivelet FoxInCloud Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud http://foxincloud.com/
Le 06/02/2018 à 21:51, Stephen Russell a écrit :
I agree with you in a simultaneous user license of N users.
You can then look at tracking days where user count exceeds agreement and you charge a tiny daily fee for that. Instead of locking someone out of working with it. That fee needs to be initialed in the contract as well.
On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 2:19 PM, <mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com
wrote: If you were marketing a vertical app and pricing it per license, would you consider a license specific to the installed machine or keep track of users logged in and make sure the active user count doesn't go over the # of licenses the client purchased?
My VFP9SP2 app uses the latter, and goes against a MariaDB database.
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license per concurrent user also works for web deployment
Thierry Nivelet FoxInCloud Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud http://foxincloud.com/
Le 06/02/2018 à 21:19, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com a écrit :
If you were marketing a vertical app and pricing it per license, would you consider a license specific to the installed machine or keep track of users logged in and make sure the active user count doesn't go over the # of licenses the client purchased?
My VFP9SP2 app uses the latter, and goes against a MariaDB database.
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My real Estate app uses two different licensing schemas:
Per installed PC Per concurrent user when installed on a Remote Desktop / Terminal Server system.
Jose Enrique Llopis www.multilinkcrm.com
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license per concurrent user also works for web deployment
Thierry Nivelet FoxInCloud Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud http://foxincloud.com/
Le 06/02/2018 à 21:19, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com a écrit :
If you were marketing a vertical app and pricing it per license, would you consider a license specific to the installed machine or keep track of users logged in and make sure the active user count doesn't go over the # of licenses the client purchased?
My VFP9SP2 app uses the latter, and goes against a MariaDB database.
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