Recently I made a large 'final' payment to the last credit card I own. The following month my bill came in and I expected to see a zero balance. Instead there was a small balance, around $50. I called the company and was told; "Sir, that is a payment maintenance fee"... WHAT??? After a few days of hassling with the credit card company I got that "maintenance fee" waived and the card was finally paid off.

Maintenance fees in software, like credit cards, is simply a form of robbery with a nice name. Either the whole concept should just be illegal, or we should pass laws and force vendors to provide honest descriptions in naming such as...

"Larry Ellison needs a few new yacht gizmos for his Americas Cup sail fee"