Re: Informix Engine Pricing - 30+% Increase for 1997??

At 11:17 PM 3/25/97 -0600, Greg wrote: >I just had an interesting tidbit come up (quite by accident...) in >conversation with my salesrep... > >There used to be (until this year) 3 options for licensing the engine: > >1. Openline - Most expensive option - includes upgrades, development >activity and phone support. >2. Assurance - Medium cost per user option - same as openline, no phone >support. >3. Runtime - lowest cost per user option - upgrades only, no development >activity allowed, no phone support. > >He says #3 is no longer available. #2 is the best I can do for my >runtime users. > >The net effect is about a 30-35% cost increase (on annual maintenance). >These are not trivial bucks. > >Anybody else notice this yet??? Yes, I too recently discovered that Informix has eliminated their "runtime" versions, opting for the one-price-fits-all path. Not very pleased about it either! BTW, aren't options 1 and 2 above, levels of maint. available for the products, and #3 is just a has-been license type?? Assurance is the typical runtime licenses support level, providing only product updates....right? Jon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Jon C. Vemo "Life is like a dogsled team, if you ain't the jvemo@cyberspace.com lead dog the scenery never changes." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---