Re: mail problem

In <1i4h03INN9ga@emory.mathcs.emory.edu> widener!uunet!uunet!microc!eric@emory.mathcs.emory.edu writes: >>From: uunet!xact.demon.co.uk!ptm (Paul Thomas Mahoney) >>I DO NOT WORK FOR INFORMIX! I'm just a VAR... >>My software runs on 468 "Class C" machines which can support > 25 people. >>Informix are now to have "# of user" prices breaks on Class C machines. >>As a result the price hike for me is not 10%... IT'S OVER 100%!!!! >>I am not very happy about this... >Why? You're gonna get more money selling a C17+ user license! >Aren't you a VAR? >I DO NOT WORK FOR INFORMIX! I'm just a Distributor... I suspect his complaint is that he has to raise his price. I.e., he is *forced* to raise his price. You as distributor may not care, but you ought to know the difference between you and a V*ADDED*R -- one of my clients is a VAR, and while they do make money off selling informix if the sell a copy of their prodouct, it is just that much harder to sell their product because they are *forced* to raise the overall price. But, if y'all have been reading my prior posts, you know where I stand on Informix's pricing: It's way the hell out there for what you get compared to most software. -- Andrew Burt aburt@du.edu "But if he was dying he wouldn't bother to carve "Aaaaargh", he'd just say it."