Crystal lost 10% of their market to SSRS last year, and will hopefully continue their decline to reap some consequences from their deplorable business practices. (Not cheap either.)Ĭrystal seems content to demand expensive Enterprise licensing to get anywhere near the level of basic functionality they used to provide right out of the box with their VB6 Winforms product.It is a rare occurrence when a vendor, particularly a software vendor, pulls functionality they used to provide in the strategy of trying to extort more money out of their customer base.Īs SQL Server Reporting Services is becoming a viable alternative, Business Objects (now Seimens) is providing ample incentive for suffering IT staffers to switch as SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Their site's purpose would seem to be to induce frustration until a company is forced to pay them for Customer Support incidences. It is virtually impossible to find any needed files on their website. It is unfortunate that Crystal is so abysmal in providing accessible support for their product.
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