Re: Why do I need New Era?

In article <3lh7kl$gqc@insosf1.infonet.net>, rodney@worf.infonet.net says... > [Stuff Deleted] >By the way, when I mentioned the cost to my sales rep, her first >response was "but you can recover that per-workstation cost because >you can buy smaller PC's to be your workstations". Well, 1) I >don't believe that, and 2) We don't buy workstations just for running >databases; in fact, we already have P-60's with 16 MB RAM because >our users need that power for other applications. (And don't say >"if you can afford those machines you can afford per-seat database >applications" because it's all about comparative costs, not >absolute.) (Also, I'm sure my sales rep has dozens of other and >better reasons to justify the cost over other solutions, but this >was just the first one she said.) > These INFORMIX Sales Reps will be spending most of their time defending the price while other vendors will come out with competing products that are probably just as good if not better. It's not just the price to consider even though that's my main belly ache with these folks. LACK OF DEFINITION of the product is probably going to kill it too. I wouldn't know from reading the product literature the set up requirements for New Era. It's only been the fine folks in this newgroup that have shed any light on Hardware/Software requirements just to get this product up and running. New Era ( and UNIX ) will go to the back burner if it doesn't establish marketing clarity and market strength in the minds of potential buyers. Accessability of other products will probably allow them to succeed over New Era too. I can't just go to the local computer store and buy New Era. >Even if the NewEra runtime is free (which it isn't), don't I still >need I-Net at each client workstation? > >Also, doesn't the cost of ODBC drivers and I-Net for each client >make using Informix as the back-end cost prohibitive as well (for >average Joes like me who have, say, 30 users and not infinite >pockets)? > >rodney Proprietary software has to inexpensive in the minds of buyers or they won't use it. Why lock into a one-vendor solution if the cost is going to hurt them? -- \\\\|// (o o) ==============================---o00--(_)--00o---======================== ==== Tim Schaefer tschaefe@gate.net The Computer Business Company, Inc. http://www.gate.net/~tschaefe Coconut Creek, FL, USA INX_UTIL Tool Kit is now shareware Ub...eh...Now, see, who gets to ask the questions here? --Ross Perot ========================================================================= ====