Re: George Farr declares feature specificpricingonhorizonfor WDSC

Maybe the fact that you're an ISV, and therefore don't pay for your

software has clouded your perception.

I am sure it has clouded, but the bigger picture still remains.  If IBM can
produce something that is good enough, there will be many that will pay for
it.  Why?  For the same reasons people pay for every other tool in their
toolbox.  Why do people use VS.NET instead of SharpDevelop?  Why do people
run Windows vs. Linux?  Why do people pay for CMS packages like MKS,
Softlanding and Aldon when they could roll their own home grown - because in
the end it is like purchasing manpower at a very cheap rate.

Why do I pay $40/year for MyEclipseIDE when all of the tooling in that IDE
is available for free?  Why do I pay any money at all when all that tooling
is available in WDSC?... Simply because it has saved me enough time in the
long run that I can put a dollar amount to it.  Having used MyEclipseIDE I
now know it's feature set and would be willing to pay a couple hundred
dollars/yr for that tool.  Of course IBM is talking about charging a couple
hundred for a single feature.  Maybe my perception is also clouded by the
fact that I am a consultant and any time I am not productive is time that I
am not billing out.  

The toolset is not free.

Yep, I addressed that in my last response to you and I understand that it is
not free.

We, the end-user customer shops, pay dearly for it. 

How much do you pay?  Here is the config of my machine and it appears that
the cost for 5722-WDS is $3,650.  I am guessing they have a different price
based on processor group?
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog/linkto/systemiconfig.pdf

Aaron Bartell

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Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 9:28 AM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] George Farr declares feature
specificpricingonhorizonfor WDSC



Aaron,

Do you not remember the days when the compilers and development tools were
all priced "by the piece"? We've already been down that road and it didn't
work well. The market isn't big enough to support that kind of pricing
structure. What do you think would happen to the Websphere tools if you had
to pay for them separately? Since only a tiny percentage of iSeries shops
use Websphere, it would either die from lack of funding or --more likely--
would continue to be funded by transferring money out of the RPG development
fees.

Maybe the fact that you're an ISV, and therefore don't pay for your software
has clouded your perception. The toolset is not free. We, the end-user
customer shops, pay dearly for it. 

Regards,

John Taylor

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[mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of albartell
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 7:54 AM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] George Farr declares feature specific 
pricingonhorizonfor WDSC

You missed my point.  They DO NOT charge at the feature specific level 
(i.e.
separately charging for the screen designer).  I completely understand 
that dollars are siphoned off the compiler money to help pay for WDSC 
and it is more "no additional charge" oriented.

Being an ISV (or business partner, whatever they call it) my copy of 
WDSC _is_ "completely free" - just to clear the air.

Aaron Bartell

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