Re: Maintenance prices DOUBLED?

Posted in 2003

Sean R. Durity — 24 Dec 2003 06:46:51 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Tim Ertl" <tim@lmrgroup.com> wrote in message news:<bs9phq$3hj$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > We just got socked by a HUGE increase in Maintenance. Has anyone else? We are on IDS Workgroup (concurrent user) and Passport Advantage and the support costs (US) were reasonable and didn't change too much over last year. However, the pricing for the TimeSeries DataBlade DID change. We bought a 5 concurrent user license before the acquisition. They will now only quote a per-processor license renewal. Our reseller went through a lengthy, involved Special Bid process to get us some discount on that, however. Another tidbit: Informix used to require a 3-developer license for the 4GL compiler. We were able to just renew 1 developer and save a bit of money that way. They won't quote it that way, but we paid that way. Good luck. It IS too hard to get the real and reasonable prices out of IBM for Informix. Especially for us "little guys." Sean Durity