Re: Cost of WDSCi (was Advanced vs. Standard)

I presume the pricing issue is because RAD which it is based on is in that
sort of price range. Difficult to justify charging less for WDSCi, when it
actually has more functionality.

Is the only solution for IBM to sell the lite version of WDSCi as a seperate
cheaper package, for those that have no interest in Websphere/Java/Webfacing
development.


On 02/03/07, Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> So are we complaining about the price of AE, or having to pay at all?

I think different people are complaining about different aspects.  For
myself ...

A) The screen designer (and print file designer) should be part of the
basic
WDSC and be included with the compilers.

B) The diagrammer is sufficiently advanced over Navigator (which even long
term CODE users often didn't know was there) that if they want to make
that
part of Advanced I'm OK with that BUT only if Advanced is a reasonable
price.  "Reasonable" would be about what I have to pay MS for a tool like
Office (i.e. in the $300 range) - NOT $3,500 for a single seat!

C) As long as pricing is reasonable - I don't have a problem with
WebFacing
and HATS etc. not being part of the basic package.  Although if I had
invested heavily in WebFacing while it was free I would be really annoyed.


Jon Paris
Partner400

www.Partner400.com


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