You are a Walmart or becoming one. There is no middle ground.
The enterprise executives do not have the luxury of time or risk appetite to keep doing multi-dollars deals and review MSAs.
In that respective, IBM just extended their life by another 10-15 years. It is a brilliant move by IBM.
No serious enterprise uses an operating system or any piece of enterprise software without costly support and maintenance.
Once they are in, the support and maintenance agreements disappear only if the purchaser goes out of business.
You are a Walmart or becoming one. There is no middle ground.
The enterprise executives do not have the luxury of time or risk appetite to keep doing multi-dollars deals and review MSAs.
In that respective, IBM just extended their life by another 10-15 years. It is a brilliant move by IBM.
No serious enterprise uses an operating system or any piece of enterprise software without costly support and maintenance.
Once they are in, the support and maintenance agreements disappear only if the purchaser goes out of business.