RE: IDS 11 - Press Releases

>From: "Jean Georges Perrin" <jgp@jgp.net> > > And back to the main point. For $800.00 you get access to a lot of > > software. > > What do you get from Microsoft ? > >MS ISV program is about $400 and they SHIP all their sw, w/ updates to you. >For less than a Vista license, you get 5 Vistas licenses, 5 Office 2007, >tools, db, servers... > >But this excludes people like u and Neil, it's for the serious guys, ISVs, >not the service-blood-suckers ;-) > Oh mon ami, etes tu? :-P Wow. All of their products w 5 user licenses. And my point is that if you look at the tools and software that you get with the IBM deal, its a better value. But I'm not drinking the cool aid here. IBM give you real tools. Microsoft? Yes you need those weekly patches... :-0 GO IDS! _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?ss=Restaurants~Hotels~Amusement%20Park&cp=33.832922~-117.915659&style=r&lvl=13&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=1118863&encType=1&FORM=MGAC01