IBD 10/14 A8 "DISTRIBUTORS LEAD CHARGE TO SOFTWARE SALES ONLINE" Is the headline. Its stormy here in NYS, Yankee game rained out, catching up on reading ...I am suprised nobody else caught this article.
Some selected quotes for the GIFTed:
"In Sept, the avg cost of online-delivered software was $98"
"Online software sales could become 30% of total software sales by next year".
"By the end of '97, 10% of the 224M software lic's sold worldwide, NOT including operating systems software, will be distributed electronically".
Potential GIFT Defendants &/or licensees cited are:
Ingram Ind Inc's Ingram Micro, Inc. (who does MSFT and others)
Tech Data of Clearwater FL
CyberSource Corp.
WA based Software Publishers Assoc released a propsal for tracking the # of software sales ( Mr F: "No objection, your Honor" <ggg>). Here's the method:
1. Consumer enters credit card info on software vendor's www site OR
1. Bus customer enters acct # """ "" ""
2. You get an ecrypted, unusable version downloaded
3. User calls a 3rd party, who keeps track of the # sold. I assume user then gets the "key" or "code" to use it.
This method is now being used by CyberSource.
It sounds like they are "playing our song"! To me, its Big Bopper's "Oh baby, thats-ah what aye like"!
THEY are building the "highway". GIFT puts in the "toll booths".
Steve - Court pow-wow is 12/4. You are right. Buy 'em now, on sale. I still like the "odds" in court.
What is the "story" on SPLH. If you wish, you can email me so as not to get too off topic. Thanks, Mel |
