Re: Maintenance fees - youve got to be kidding

thrpyasc@crl.com (Therapy Associates Inc) wrote: >Hello All, > Soapbox on > If I sound cranky, its because I just got off the phone with Informix >regarding upgrading from OnLine 5.02 to 7.1. Well, since we are on maint. >its a free upgrade. BUT, when our current maintenance runs out, they want >to charge my company 4 TIMES OUR CURRENT AMOUNT for the following year. >My Current support is $2700.00 for all three >The New Pricing is: > 270/User for OnLine > 200/User for ESQL/C > 200/User for ISQL > -------- > $10,720 >My support for my existing 16 user license will match what we paid 2 years >ago for all the products! The Informix rep blames it on the new 'User Based >Pricing'. Am I the only one as upset about this? Are people really paying >such ridiculous numbers or are people sticking with the 5.x series? Any >comments, stories, corrections or suggestions welcomed. Soapbox off. > > Andrew Sawley > Technology Manager > Therapy Associates Inc. User based pricing has caused many people problems. You should find that Informix are willing to discuss the problem. Two points: 1) I find it odd you managed to get a free upgrade, going from one version to another usually incurs a cost. 2) You may find it possible to reduce the number of run-time licences to either SQL or ESQL but not both. I would have thought that you should be able to make a case for this to Informix. I presume you are using re-built Perform and Ace runners if you really need 200 ISQL licences. Send me an e-mail if you wish to discuss further Jerry Nichols Logica UK nicholsj@logica.com