Re: Reducing Annual License Fees

["aldg" <aldg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Eric Wolf:

Is the Mapics Annual License Fee(s) bases on the size of the AS/400 or on the 
number of users connected to the system; or a combination of both?

Regards....

------Your 9/13/01 Original Posting------

>From: "Eric Wolf" <eric_a_wolf@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: mapics-l@midrange.com
>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:15:31 -0700

>To all,
>My customer is trying to reduce their Annual License Fees which may soon be
>approaching $100k.  I suggested that he may want to look into downsizing his
>AS/400 to a large 270 and only run MAPICS on it, keeping his 720 for all
>other applications (Lotus Notes, Web serving, etc.).  The two machines could
>then be connected and made to appear somewhat seemless to the users.  The
>270 would be more than paid for in the reduction in ALF.
>
>Does anyone know of any company that has done this?  If yes, we would like
>to speak with them about it (good or bad).
>
>Thanks...
>Eric A. Wolf
>Midrange Implementation Specialists
>eric_a_wolf@hotmail.com
>818.841.1469
>
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------End of Your Original Posting------


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