Re: NT DSA 7.22 $1,500/seat? For Real?

Billy Wheeler wrote: > > On 25 Jun 97 at 22:22, Victor Tan wrote: > > > I just got off the phone with an Informix reseller and she > > claimed that the list price for Online 7.22 DSA for Windows > > NT is $1,500 per seat. Is that correct? That seems very > > high for a NT based RDBMS. I thought that the whole idea > > was that with NT coming up and up for departmental level > > database servers that Informix was being forced to charge > > lower prices as the competition was Microsoft SQL Server and > > Sybase SQL Anywhere etc... > > If you buy Informix-OnLine 7 (fully featured), it costs $1500/seat. > If you buy Informix-OnLine WorkGroup Server (a few minor trims), it > costs $300/seat. WGS is designed to compete with SQLServer and the > like. Clearer? > > HTH. > > -- > Ciao, > Billy > > Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: Dubai. > Soon to be back in the Murder Capital of the World!! > > CANCER > June 21 - July 22 > You are sympathetic and understanding to other > people's problems. They think you are a sucker. > You are always putting things off. That is why > you will always be on welfare and won't be worth a > shit. I heard for the conference if you buy the DSA they're giving you a Natuzzi leather chair for each seat you purchase, but if you buy the OWGS you only get an inflatable bean-bag style chair--vinyl of course. :-) (Sorry... couldn't resist...) -- Tim Schaefer \\\\|// tschaefe@mindspring.com (6 6) ------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o--------- http://www.inxutil.com