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<blockquote data-quote="brownIEman" data-source="post: 435426" data-attributes="member: 14596"><p>I have a hard time buying this. I am betting there is a lot more to this story feeding into his reasons for going with FedEx than not giving him a free version of Maxiship. I was in TSG starting in 1993. Back then, we installed Maxiship systems in larger customers sites, essentially giving them one or more computers, label and report printers, my fellow techs and I would install and maintain these systems. The cost was considerable, so naturally it was only for customers that maintained certain volume levels. At that time, the software itself was not sold nor given to ANYONE outside this program, and could only be installed on UPS purchased hardware mostly for liability reasons. A couple years later, around '95 '96 we moved to Worldship which is the system we give out now. In any case, once we developed the stand alone system that could be installed by the customer on their own hardware, we gave it to EVERYONE, free, gratis, have at, download from UPS.com all you want. Whether you ship a thousand pieces a month or none ever. There was never a time when we would let some people have the software only and not others because they were "too small". Once we started giving out the software, we would give it to anyone who would sign a release ( the same release you agree to by clicking install on every piece of commercial software you have ever put on your computer, basically saying you will not sue the maker of the software even if it destroys all your data, melts your hard drive, and spanks your kids). Think about it. The ONLY thing that software did was help you to use UPS to ship. It made it easier for you to give UPS revenue. It made it a breeze to essentially donate to the MIP and dividends of the UPS shareholders. For the cost of exactly zippolla to UPS. </p><p></p><p>And you bought it when this guy told you UPS would not give it to him because he was too small? It makes no sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brownIEman, post: 435426, member: 14596"] I have a hard time buying this. I am betting there is a lot more to this story feeding into his reasons for going with FedEx than not giving him a free version of Maxiship. I was in TSG starting in 1993. Back then, we installed Maxiship systems in larger customers sites, essentially giving them one or more computers, label and report printers, my fellow techs and I would install and maintain these systems. The cost was considerable, so naturally it was only for customers that maintained certain volume levels. At that time, the software itself was not sold nor given to ANYONE outside this program, and could only be installed on UPS purchased hardware mostly for liability reasons. A couple years later, around '95 '96 we moved to Worldship which is the system we give out now. In any case, once we developed the stand alone system that could be installed by the customer on their own hardware, we gave it to EVERYONE, free, gratis, have at, download from UPS.com all you want. Whether you ship a thousand pieces a month or none ever. There was never a time when we would let some people have the software only and not others because they were "too small". Once we started giving out the software, we would give it to anyone who would sign a release ( the same release you agree to by clicking install on every piece of commercial software you have ever put on your computer, basically saying you will not sue the maker of the software even if it destroys all your data, melts your hard drive, and spanks your kids). Think about it. The ONLY thing that software did was help you to use UPS to ship. It made it easier for you to give UPS revenue. It made it a breeze to essentially donate to the MIP and dividends of the UPS shareholders. For the cost of exactly zippolla to UPS. And you bought it when this guy told you UPS would not give it to him because he was too small? It makes no sense. [/QUOTE]
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