Informix Engine Pricing - 30+% Increase for 1997??

I just had an interesting tidbit come up (quite by accident...) in conversation with my salesrep... There used to be (until this year) 3 options for licensing the engine: 1. Openline - Most expensive option - includes upgrades, development activity and phone support. 2. Assurance - Medium cost per user option - same as openline, no phone support. 3. Runtime - lowest cost per user option - upgrades only, no development activity allowed, no phone support. He says #3 is no longer available. #2 is the best I can do for my runtime users. The net effect is about a 30-35% cost increase (on annual maintenance). These are not trivial bucks. Anybody else notice this yet??? Greg