RE: CODE/400

["Walden Leverich" <walden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I must take exception with your pricing on VB. While a learning edition of
VB may cost <$100 if you intend to do any serious enterprise development
(and you must be, otherwise you're not in an apples-to-apples comparison
with Code/400) then you need at least a professional copy, if not
enterprise. And if you buy the professional copy, you are missing the Change
control interfaces and the ADO support. Pricing on professional (from
memory) is ~$300 and ~1000 for Enterprise. Now the Code/400 prices seem more
reasonable, no?

Don't get me wrong, I still think a "cheap" version of Code/400 is needed,
the cheap version gets you in the door, once productivity gains are seen "in
our shop, with our programmers, doing our work" management is much more
willing to spend large amounts of money.

-Walden

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net
> [mailto:mcsnet!midrange.com!midrange-l-owner@Mcs.Net]On Behalf Of Chris
> Rehm
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 1998 9:11 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: CODE/400
>
<snip>
>
> If a company wants VisualBasic, or VisualAge for Basic, or VisualAge for
> Java, then those suites are in the <$100 range. Code/400 not only provides
> extensive tools, but also addresses a smaller market segment. Look at the
> list of components in Code/400, compare it to other items on the market.
> Take into consideration the Code/400 market. I don't see how Code/400
could
> be a profitable item for IBM as it stands, with the small amount of market
> adoption for the product, yet it see regular updates and is a top notch
> product.
<snip>

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