Re: Informix V6 Usr pricing
Paul Thomas Mahoney (ptm@xact.demon.co.uk) wrote: : I've finally received the pricing structure information for Informix V6 and : my worse fears have been realised! : We run a client server architecture using uni-processor 486 machines running : SCO unix. See how the prices compare between V5 and V6... GBP : ------------------ V5 Costs (List Price GBP ) ----------------- : V5 Server Machine - Online Dev Class C 17+ 9060.00 : I-Star Dev Class C 17+ 2260.00 = 11320.00 : V5 Client Machine - I-Net R/t Class C 17+ 910.00 : SQL R/t Class C 17+ 1200.00 : ESQL/C R/t Class C 17+ 600.00 = 2710.00 : With 12 client machines with 25 users we get a total = 43840.00 : ------------------ V6 Costs (List Price GBP ) ----------------- : Assumptions: 25 users on a client machine will generate an average : of 30 database connections and a maximum of 35 at : peak usage. This implies the server has to cope with : 12*30=360 database connections. : V6 Server Machine - Online Dev 360 Users 343800.00 : V6 Client Machine - I-Net R/t 35 Users <price not given!> : SQL R/t 35 Users 4900.00 : ESQL/C R/t Class C 17+ 2625.00 = 7525.00 : With 12 client machines (w/o I-Net price) = 434100.00 : --------------------------------------------------------------- : I know that V6 is a VERY different product... I also know that V6 : isn't appropriate for my systems (at this time). BUT a price leap : from 43K to 434K between V5 and V6 is UNREAL! AND I've not added in : ASSURANCE.. AND I still don't know the price for I-Net on the client : machines! I have never gotten a definitive answer from Informix as to how the per user license was to work. You would pay on a per-seat basis on the client machines, but for the server? I don't know, someone from Informix should answer here. <clip> DCT -- @ David Tomlinson @ @ dtomlnsn@netcom.com @ @ "By day fantastic birds flew through the petrified forest, and @ @ jeweled crocodiles glittered like heraldic salamanders on the @ @ banks of the crystalline river. By night the illuminated man @ @ raced among the trees, his arms like golden cartwheels, his @ @ head like a spectral crown...." @