30 May
2005
30 May
'05
10:13 p.m.
On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 12:30 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
Realistically, one of the big reasons that support is dropped for anything it that the company providing it has gone out of business and where money is involved they will be bankrupt and your lawsuit will be futile. Sometimes it is just best to have a plan to switch to an alternative if your first choice becomes unavailable.
Yes. Exit plans play a major roll in mitigating the risk of rolling out a solution. Never, ever assume a vendor will continue a product.
Especially products that are not GPL or GPL compatible. Vendors virtually never offer a way out of any lock-in. Not my words but Gartner's.
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