Re: Why do I need New Era?

Rodney (rodney@worf.infonet.net) wrote: : In article <jlumbleyD6B31q.LF0@netcom.com>, : Joe Lumbley <jlumbley@netcom.com> wrote (edited): : > : >BTW....this whole newsgroup goes to InformixLink. I hope they're reading : >this about NewEra pricing. I don't have so much of a problem with the : >cost of a development seat....my problem is the $500 or so for a user : >seat. I'll be running clients that don't need runtimes, thank you. : I agree totally. I would _gladly_ pay 5 grand for NewEra if it's : as great as Informix makes it out to be. But the runtimes are : killing me. [snip] : Even if the NewEra runtime is free (which it isn't), don't I still : need I-Net at each client workstation? I have to admit, I was appalled to hear that Informix is charging for runtimes licenses. I suppose it's on a per seat basis as opposed to concurrent use, same as I-net. In the past, we had used Informix tools almost exclusively. We started moving away from it when they came out with the I-Net pricing scheme gouging. We use Powerbuilder for our client applications (free, unlimited runtimes). We are also moving more toward other database platforms as time goes on. I think Informix needs to figure out how the rest of the market is establishing their pricing before they price themselves out of a market. Quit trying to gouge out every dime they can. -- ---------Scott Morizot---------------------tmorizot@infinity.ccsi.com--------