Trimble Business Center

Mighty

Poor analogy. Better analogy is that you buy a car that is 6 years old and it breaks down and the parts to repair and get the car running are no longer being produced, so you are forced to buy a different car. In the real world this wouldn't happen, cause Trimble Automobile would have it's pants sued.

Boy, the more I read about TBC, the less confident I am. This forum is great.

Mighty

Worse analogy...and that wasn't the point.

If you were the original purchaser and had been paying for regular annual maintenance, the manufacturer provides a new model at no cost if the old one stops working.

There is an opportunity cost of not doing annual maintenance. With cars, houses, software, hardware, spouses, etc.