Re: George Farr declares feature specific pricing on horizonfor WDSC

The only reason the majority of people who use WDSC for RPG development
today are using it is because it is included with the compilers. Take away
that incentive and you will see usage drop to near nothing. I can't imagine
many shops, small or large, paying a 3 or 4 hundred dollar per seat premium
for WDSC when the green screen tools work well enough and do not cost extra.
It may actually be better for the users if they do start charging for WDSC.
Maybe then we will see some third-party products that blow WDSC out of the
water. In any case, if they intend to start charging for the development
environment then they should provide the compilers as part of the OS. Then
charge x for PDM and x+y for WDSC and give people the choice of how much to
spend.

On 3/26/07, John Taylor <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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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



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