[ZendTo] Re: Windows client?

[Jules]

On 08/01/2012 19:19, Craig Chambers wrote:
> I can say I would be very interested in this option, while we were 
> using Zendto a lot I still have to have aYouSendIt account for some 
> people. This would help with some of the holdouts.
What do the "YouSendIt" users need that ZendTo doesn't provide?
>
> As far as costs go, it would have to be fairly inexpensive for me to 
> sell it to my CFO since that's why I went with an open source solution 
> over YouSendIt @ $9/mo.
$9/mo per user! If I charged for it at all, it would be cheap.
> We're you thinking of an annual, monthly or one time license fee? If 
> it is a one time fee are you including maintenance or is that additional?
Don't know yet. I'm mostly interested in covering my costs, as I would 
need to pay my friend for writing it (I'm no great Windows programmer, 
but he reckons it shouldn't be too hard).
>
> We are a 30 person company and when we used YouSendIt I was only able 
> to afford 2 licenses that people shared so that gives you some idea of 
> the budget I have to work with for this type of thing. :-(. If it is a 
> one time expense then I could probably get them to spend up to $10 per 
> license (or $300 total)
A fee as high as that would cover my costs pretty quickly. :-)
>
> Hope that helps, I would be interested to know how far apart we are on 
> pricing.
I am basically just trying to cover my costs, and put YouSendIt out of 
business for a laugh (because I should be able to :-)

Jules.

>
> - Craig
>
> On Jan 8, 2012, at 12:07 PM, Jules <Jules at zend.to 
> <mailto:Jules at zend.to>> wrote:
>
>> So what cost and licensing model would you deem to be reasonable?
>>
>> Jules.
>>
>> On 08/01/2012 16:24, Marlon R Deerr wrote:
>>> That sounds like an awesome idea. It definitely simplifies things. I 
>>> wouldn't be apposed to paying for that additional functionality but 
>>> of course that would depend on the cost to license it.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 2012-01-08, at 11:06 AM, "Jules" <Jules at zend.to 
>>> <mailto:Jules at zend.to>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What would people think of a little Windows app that sat in your system
>>>> tray (bottom right end of the taskbar)?
>>>> I was thinking that you could drag a bunch of files from Windows
>>>> Explorer to it. It would pop up a box asking you to enter your password
>>>> and tell it who to send them to, and it would do everything for you.
>>>> This would save you having to bring up a web browser and navigate
>>>> through the full ZendTo interface.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Would anyone possibly be prepared to pay for such a thing?
>>>> (licensed per seat perhaps?)
>>>>
>>>> Jules
>>>>
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