Re: Why do I need New Era?

Neil Williams (neilw@godzilla.informix.com) wrote: [snip] : Here's a clip from a recent press release that should clear up the : pricing confusion. Bear in mind that if you choose to use a tool : like SQL*Windows, Visual Basic, Powerbuilder, etc, you still need : to purchase an INET Runtime from Informix to get to a remote informix : server, and that will cost about the same as the basic NewEra runtime. : If you're connecting to something like Oracle, you need to buy SQL*Net, : and likewise for Sybase. So there's really no escaping *some* form : of runtime cost for a client-server database, whether it be the vendor's : network product or a two-tier ODBC product like the one offered by : OpenLink. I would like to add a note here. I have seen the pricing for SQLServer, Oracle, and Informix. We use Informix and Oracle. We are beginning to use Oracle. Unless things have changed recently (if so, this post didn't specify), Informix is the only one that charges per physical installation of I-Net. The others have unlimited distribution of the client and you license the number of concurrent connections to the database you need. There's a world of difference between the two. If the new NewEra runtime pricing scheme is the same as the cost of the I-Net client, it's not quite as bad as the original posts indicate. It's still pretty bad, though. -- ---------Scott Morizot---------------------tmorizot@infinity.ccsi.com--------