General Consultant Discussion

Any advice on how I should respond to this email? They have a ton of custom source code modifications.

The answer is of course they should upgrade to 100c. Did you miss your shipment of Kool-Aid for the week?

To similar requests, I've replied ""Pending a thorough review, too early to tell.

LOL.. You must have a part-time job with Sage @JohnHoyt .

If that were true, then ""Show Me The Money"", Sage!

The best defense is a good offense. Email the customers with an update on Sage 100 2016 and explain that within the first quarter of 2016 you'll be providing more feedback on the recommended timeframe to upgrade.

Goodbye equity, hello lockin

My reply: Jim, Pending a thorough review of 100c, it is too early to tell if you should upgrade. Nobody has any details on 100c yet. I have attended one webinar that Sage had and the specifics are vague. There are a series of webinars coming up. What I know is that there will be a new web based user interface. I have seen it and it looks good. This first version of 100c will contain no feature changes. The features in regular Sage 100 version 5.3 that you are currently planning on upgrading to first quarter next year are the same as in 100c. Also, 100c will be subscription based. It is like leasing the software. You pay a monthly or annual fee forever. If you fail to make a payment Sage hits the ""kill switch"" and the software becomes inoperable. Further, your company doesn't want to be the guinea pig that finds all of the software defects in a new product. I advise waiting a year and doing another upgrade at that time if it seems worthwhile.