Re: 15 years of Version 7 ...

Just realized that in adjusted dollars, even the PVU license for Workgroup Edition is cheaper! But then what do I know? It's not as if I was negotiating IDS licenses for a few hundred PVU equivalents with Informix in 1994! Art Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@serendipita.com > wrote: > Art Kagel wrote: > > Here's the scoop: > > > > A minimum 5 Authorized User (AU) License of ODS Workgroup Edition (WGE) > > is about $1,860.00 or Express Edition (Ex) would be $775 or a minimum 5 > > Concurrent Session (CS) license would be $2,420 for WGE (no CS licensing > > for IDS Ex). The Parallel Performance Feature (not available to Express > > Edition licenses), which was included in the 7.10 days, adds $900 to the > > WGE AU license ($2,760 total) or $1,175 to the WGE CS license ($3,595 > > total). > > > > The minimum for Enterprise Edition (EE) is 100 PVU 25 AU's at $24,875 or > > 10 Concurrent Sessions (CS) at $21,900 > > > > Processor Value Unit pricing for IDS Ex is $5,175 for a single dual core > > Intel box (100 PVU), WE is $10,600 and EE $51,500. > > > > So, the equivalent license to the announced IDS 7.10 license, 5 CSs or > > AUs, is cheaper, even with the Parallel Performance Feature added, if > > you don't need the remaining Enterprise Edition Features most of which > > were not available in 7.10. > > I'll bet he finds something to moan about there as well. > > -- > Cheers, > Obnoxio The Clown > > http://obotheclown.blogspot.com > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is > believed to be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list >