Aaron,
Do you not remember the days when the compilers and development tools were
all priced "by the piece"? We've already been down that road and it didn't
work well. The market isn't big enough to support that kind of pricing
structure. What do you think would happen to the Websphere tools if you had
to pay for them separately? Since only a tiny percentage of iSeries shops
use Websphere, it would either die from lack of funding or --more likely--
would continue to be funded by transferring money out of the RPG development
fees.
Maybe the fact that you're an ISV, and therefore don't pay for your software
has clouded your perception. The toolset is not free. We, the end-user
customer shops, pay dearly for it.
Regards,
John Taylor
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[mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of albartell
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 7:54 AM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] George Farr declares feature specific
pricingonhorizonfor WDSC
You missed my point. They DO NOT charge at the feature
specific level (i.e.
separately charging for the screen designer). I completely
understand that dollars are siphoned off the compiler money
to help pay for WDSC and it is more "no additional charge" oriented.
Being an ISV (or business partner, whatever they call it) my
copy of WDSC _is_ "completely free" - just to clear the air.
Aaron Bartell
