Re: George Farr declares feature specific pricing on horizonfor WDSC

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[mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of albartell
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 7:09 AM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: [WDSCI-L] George Farr declares feature specific 
pricing on horizonfor WDSC

Hi all,
 
I was at the Systemideveloper.com conference last week and 
was able to attend George Farr's keynote address.  In the 
address there were a boatload of comments made by him that I 
plan on mulling over in the next few months, but one in 
particular that I thought was interesting was the approach 
getting money to continue WDSC development.

IBM is already charging for the the development toolset. It's called
5722WDS. 

 

In the end our WANT to pay IBM money for features totally 
depends on us seeing things that will save us time/money in 
the long run.  George made it very clear in his address that 
we "..will not be disappointed".  We shall have to see what 
comes out of big blue in the next two years.  BTW, I am 
installing my COMPLETELY FREE WDSC 7.0 as I type this:-)

I don't know why so many people seem to think that WDSC is provided for
free. If you have the compilers/PDM/SEU on your system, you're paying for
the software already.  Many of us pay a steep Software Subscription fee, and
yet also seem to be charged full price to purchase the software all over
again whenever we decide to buy a new machine. 

There is nothing free about WDSC.


Regards,

John Taylor