Re: Future of Informix.

Speaking of licenses, I just got a quote on IDS for a small to medium sized web application. In anything where internet users can touch the DBMS, they charge (a lot) per CPU. This is a little hard to swallow, but I guess this is a way to insure that the web users pay the toll. I would think that Informix wouldn't penalize customers for putting their products on the internet, but maybe Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft do the same? In article <364084B4.AB141824@accentsoftware.com>, Arun Shastry <arun@accentsoftware.com> wrote: > > What???? How is supporting partners related to licensing??? It'd got to do > with a company's attitude to their customers and their partners. > > Talking about licenses...have you looked at the so-called new licensing > scheme Informix has come up with? Has anyone been able to accurately > estimate how much it costs to own Informix licenses??? I worked closely > with some of their sales guys...I'd rather not get into the details, but they > lied thru their teeth to the potential customer, gave really vague pricing > structure...I'm ashamed that I was silently watching all of that. Needless > to say, three months later I lost that contract and so did Informix! > > > > > What is the price comparison for equal licenses? > > > > No offense, but from my point of view, I would rather keep licenses cheap, than > > support partnerships I don't use. > > > > Take a look at the relative market shares for Informix vs Oracle...there's got to be > a > reason why Oracle still retains their share. Didn't I hear Phil White swear that > Informix > would send Oracle scrambling for its established market??? I wonder what happened > to that! > > > Your point is a little like asking gas stations to help pay for your car, at the > > expense of higher-priced gas for the rest of us. > > > > > > > ---------------------------- > > Weight is the result of friction between mass & gravity. > > My *real* .sig awaits future display technology (sent with Agent 1.5/32) > > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own