The product became a Thomson application when the former Computer Language Research was acquired in 1998 and then it took about a year for Thomson to get its version of the practice application to the market, according to Jack LaRue, SVP of Thomson's MyPay. LaRue was the marketing VP for the Dexter, Mich.-based operation at that time.
Users can receive discounts for moving to Practice CS, the amount depending on their individual licenses, Jagst says. The company has been actively communicating with users to make sure they are aware of the migration.
"I think they get the message now," Jagst says.