Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!rutgers!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!UHUPVM1!LIBPACS From: LIBPACS@UHUPVM1.BITNET (PACS Forum) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pacs-l Subject: (no subject given) Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 90 19:10:53 GMT Sender: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum Lines: 14 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Comments: Resent-From: PACS Forum ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- FROM->AUDFBW@UCCVMA From: Frank Wong AUDFBW @ UCCVMA Subject: Software-old versions On Cathy Issacson's question and Mark Hinnebusch's related question, there are some things to consider: In the purchasing arrangements, either for network upgrade or other upgrades, was the new software an upgrade of an existing license or was it the purchase of a new license? What is the status, as far as the vendor is concerned, of the old software? For a state agency, are titles to goods usually held by the state? Similarly for corporations, is title held by the corporation? Best.