Humm, Business models are something I normally leave to
people who actually understand the value of money ;) However here
are my thoughts.
Issues:
Multiuser development is seen as
expensive
cost are normally handed down from
agency to client
Clients are demanding and like to
have options. i.e some have fixed costs and like paying up
front.
Licensing is great for service
provider, board members love it, but not always best for customer.
As over time you could pay a LOT more than just being able to own
something out right.
I would have though a lot of agencies
already have FMS infrastructure?
I'd love to see software licensing look more like car
insurance where it gets cheaper the longer you have it. The premise
being setting out goals about how much adobe want to make, saying;
'we've got our pound of flesh out of this consumers application'
lets make it cheaper and cheaper over time to run till their paying
near cost.'
If you can have a strapline like: 'using this service you'd
never pay more that you would if you hosted a FMS yourself' (who
knows, hopefully with economy of scales, even cheaper?) Then you've
got a very attractive proposition. and able to address the issue
about long term users being a 'victim of there own success'. I'm
sure with a bit of Advocacy you could figure out some equations of
concurrent users, data transfer rates, age of app life..? else
you'll just have to pay me for my Numerology skills ;) anyway,
that's my 10 cents - or is that £1?