Re: Database engines, Transaction Processing, and Licensing

On 14 Dec 1994, Jim Burks wrote: > We have a large transaction processing environment, similar to > Top End, Tuxedo or Encina (but homegrown), which funnels a large > number of end users into a small number of worker processes. > > We use Informix OnLine to run the database underlying the whole scheme. > In previous versions we had to purchase one user license per worker > process. We have been informed that, for future versions, we will have > to purchase one user license per end user, greatly increasing the cost > of our system. I find this a bit hard to believe. Does the end user process have any Informix code embedded in it? Is this written in the terms and conditions of the contract or just what a sales type is telling you? If you had a bunch of remote offices with PCs doing data entry to a local DBase3 application, and then batched updates of a central Informix database, would they expect you have a license for each remote user? If they *are* serious, Id suggest you check out the Microsoft NT SQL server. Joe Matuscak Rohrer Corporation 717 Seville Road Wadsworth, Ohio 44281 (216)335-1541 Matuscak@Rohrer.com