Wildfire 2: Any reactions?

Seems as if most old-time software companies have this problem.
The other problem they have is a total disconnect with reality
on the subject of prices. Perhaps that's one reason there are
very very few of the original $100-for-a-printscreen-utility
software companies alive today. They tend to leave their snotty
heads up their snotty asses until they go bankrupt.

Same problem IBM had in the early eighties, and look what
happened to THEM.

I hope PTC can avoid that fate. They could start out by lining
their sales team against a wall and shooting them. Then finding
the people who devised the patented PTC High-Pressure Plan and
publicly beheading *them*.

Not likely to happen tho :-(

 

Their annual report says something a little different. While the last
I

I have their 2003 Annual Report in my hand, and actually in 2001 they
had net revenue for licenses of $366M and for maintenance of $307M, or
roughly a 55/45 split in favor of licenses. Last year it was $194M
for licenses and $259M for maintenance, or a complete reversal to
43/57. Obviously, if they want to increase profits and new license
sales are stagnant, they have to reduce the cost of the service side
of the equation, which is considerable (cost of service was $207M last
year; gross service receipts wer $466M).

Regards