Re: Informix costs

John said: > > I am curious what the average person in the USA pays for Informix support > and > IDS 9. We started with 7.3 275 user license and a 7.3 150 user license > for our > two IDS servers. We pay about $40,000 per year to our Informix VAR which > we > originally assumed included free Informix updates. They charge us $200 > per hour > for any support calls so we knew that the 40k did not cover support. > > We wanted to upgrade to IDS 9.4 and were told it would cost us $175 per > user for > the upgrade. That is some serious money when you look at how many users > we have > and we are already paying 40k per year (for what?). > > So my question is what does it cost to get support directly from IBM and > what > does IDS 9.4 normally cost for new or uprades. It's hard to tell, but the phrase "taking the piss" does come to mind. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ` dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche "You are an index and a prologue to the history of lust and foul thoughts." - William Shakespeare sending to informix-list