RE: 515 and 525 user licensing

If I'm an individual private developer, $3650 is a lousy number to

consider. I'm not saying that the sum of all the parts received doesn't have
a lot of value, but I sure don't want to look at shelling out that much.

It would be great for GUI RPG editor competitor to come into the picture
about right now. I just got my response to the WDSC complaint I filed to
Sam P. and again a competitor would help in the packaging situation. I will
send that in a separate email.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

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Subject: Re: 515 and 525 user licensing

albartell wrote:

I really
only use WDS which adds another $3,650 to the price. That is an
acceptable price if you have 20+ developers in your shop, but for
smaller shops, I agree, it is too much to bear - especially if
somebody is simply trying to gain entry to the System i5 world!

If I'm an individual private developer, $3650 is a lousy number to consider.
I'm not saying that the sum of all the parts received doesn't have a lot of
value, but I sure don't want to look at shelling out that much.

But from a business perspective, it seems a little harder to make a
decision. Even for a single developer shop, that's not particularly far (in
either direction depending on how good or bad the pay rate
is) from a month's salary for a developer.

I don't pay business bills, so I have no doubt that even for a business
$3650 is painful. I'm only interested in whether or not one month's
developer salary is a reasonable amount to put on the value received.
Obviously, if the competition costs only 10%, the pain is more intense. I'm
curious about the cost standing on its own.

Tom Liotta

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