Re: Informix migration from 486 to Pentium maybe a FAQ (sorry if so!)

Jon C. Vemo (jvemo@cyberspace.com) wrote: { At 03:48 PM 1/5/95 GMT, Tom P Allred -- Systems Integration wrote: { >: I don't see a concern here (maybe I miss it), but anyway... { > { >: We went from a 486 to Pentium with Informix on SCO, and it worked fine. { > { >: ed { > { >The only concern is probably that you move up 1 price grade going from 486 { >to 586, and 2 price grades going from 486 to dual 586. Moving one of our { >customers from 486 to 586 caused the informix-based software upgrades to { >exceed the cost of the computer hardware. Thousands of bucks for exactly { >the same products they had to begin with! It is difficult to find the value { >in this policy, other than to increase Informix's profits. { > { >Tom Allred Systems Integration tallred@mercury.interpath.net { You might want to look into upgrading to 6.x or 7.x. These versions are made { available under user-based pricing, not machine class pricing. User-based pricing only _adds_ to the problem. Imagine telling a customer who had an unlimited user license on a 386 how much it will cost him to go to say, maybe, 32 users on a 486. Oh and as Tom mentioned, it's the SAME product basically. -- gburnore@garys.arasmith.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Gary L. Burnore | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Director, Programming & Development | '۳''''''۳''''''''''''' Myers Information Systems, Inc. | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 '' 6 9 0 6 9 ''' | Official Proof of Purchase ===============================================================================