I've had a startup business in the back of my brain for a few years that's driven by this syndrome:
1. It vendors would contract with IoTZombieCo to have their product covered. Like a form of insurance mixed with code escrow. They pay a premium for this and can put a brand label on the product that tells consumers it can't be EOL'ed. Vendor sells more product or can charge a premium price due to customer assurance of continued service.
2. My IoTZombieCo staff are given access to their code and ops resources (in the ideal scenario the vendor outsources running the backend services to us too).
3. When the vendor goes broke or decides to EOL, IoTZombieCo takes over the customer relationship, charges the customer a reasonable fee to continue providing service. Fee to be limited by some covenant that allows reasonable but not excessive profits.
1. It vendors would contract with IoTZombieCo to have their product covered. Like a form of insurance mixed with code escrow. They pay a premium for this and can put a brand label on the product that tells consumers it can't be EOL'ed. Vendor sells more product or can charge a premium price due to customer assurance of continued service.
2. My IoTZombieCo staff are given access to their code and ops resources (in the ideal scenario the vendor outsources running the backend services to us too).
3. When the vendor goes broke or decides to EOL, IoTZombieCo takes over the customer relationship, charges the customer a reasonable fee to continue providing service. Fee to be limited by some covenant that allows reasonable but not excessive profits.