Re: Maintenance prices DOUBLED?

Paul Watson wrote: > <quote> > The following apply to the Workgroup Edition CPU limitation for IBM > IDS Workgroup Edition, IBM IDS Workgroup Edition, and Internet > Foundation > Workgroup Edition > > CPU LIMITS. Licensee may install and use IBM Informix Dynamic Server > Workgroup Edition and IBM Informix Internet Foundation Workgroup Edition > on a maximum of two (2) CPU's. Four on Intel 32-bit. They upgraded it in 2003. Michael > > LIMITED COMPONENTS. Licensee is restricted from using the following > Product functionality with IBM Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Edition > and IBM Informix Internet Foundation Workgroup Edition: parallel data > query, data partitioning, parallel backup, parallel restore, parallel > load, parallel unload, optical disks, Enterprise Replication (ER), > High Availability Data Replication (HDR), VLM (ability to access more > than 2GB RAM). > </quote> > > > St'phane Gadoury wrote: > >>Hi list, >> >>Can someone clarify what is exactly the difference between Workgroup & >>Enterprise ? >> >>We also had a HUGE increase because IBM is going cpu based instead of users. >>We have a total of 72 cpu...imagine the price tag !!!! >> >>Thks ! >> >>-----Message d'origine----- >>De : owner-informix-list@iiug.org >>[mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org]De la part de Obnoxio The Clown >>Envoy' : 23 d'cembre, 2003 15:44 >>' : informix-list@iiug.org >>Objet : Re: Maintenance prices DOUBLED? >> >>Paul Watson wrote: >> >> >>>Interestingly I was told by IBM today that Workgroup no longer exists >> >>I am "sceptical" about this assertion. >> >> >>>Ben Thompson wrote: >>> >>>>Tim Ertl wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>We just got socked by a HUGE increase in Maintenance. Has anyone else? >>>> >>>>No, and this is coming from a UK-perspective, I understand that IBM are >>>>tightening up on who has workgroup and enterprise editions and what they >>>>pay for support. I don't think the price has changed much though. >>>> >>>> >>>>>This is bad news for me since some of our management group seems to >>>>>love the idea of M/S SQL server. >>>> >>>>We have a few SQL Server implementations and the replication is a >>>>nightmare when compared with HDR. Schema changes can be very problematic >>>>- so bad that we're migrating some of the larger systems to Informix. >>>> >>>> >>>>>Anybody find a better way to get a good price on this. We are a small >>>>>company with only a dozen Informix users. Help! >>>> >>>>Make sure you use Workgroup edition? >>> >>-- >>"C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" >>- Coluche >> >>sending to informix-list > >