So on the PACLUG keynote today IBM did a great job on the demos (time to start the #CrummyForLS12 hashtag me-thinks). Anyway during these demos they showed off the Sametime clients for mobile devices. It stuck me as a bit odd that a customer needs to purchase a full Sametime license to have access to this feature. I mean it is a mobile app right? $5 app territory. So here is an idea....why don't IBM add a license to Sametime to allow current "limited" users (the ones who use the built-in Notes entitlement) to allow then to "up-size" their free version to allow mobile access?

It seems to me as though this would make sense. The moment that type of user leaves their desk they are disconnected from IM. And that just seems, well, kinda stupid. Let's face it, they are not going to pay $70 for mobile access to something they get for free on the desktop. They are not generally interested in meetings so that's not going to fly either. So why not sell a mobile addition to the limited license and really, really make this entitlement useful while further making Sametime "sticky" in the organization?

Seems like a win-win. No? I'm thinking $7.99 is a fair price for this.

Yes, yes, yes. You can connect QuipIM to a Sametime Limited server. But you are not allowed to do that.......no, you are not. Go read your license agreement.