Re: George Farr declares feature specific pricing on horizon for WDSC

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I doubt if you would be able to shut the barn door with all the horses
moving to other platforms.

On 3/26/07, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Exactly.  Imagine the sea change in attitude if WDSC was bundled and PDM
> cost $11/seat with a promise that it would be over $150/seat by 2012 and
>   $500/seat by 2020.
>
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> Wilt, Charles wrote:
> > Booth,
> >
> > I was thinking this myself.
> >
> > Keep including WDSC, and charge extra for SEU/PDM/SDA.
> >
> > If nobody pays to use it, then you should be able to drop maintenance of it 
> altogether and put the
> > monies into WDSC.
> >
> > It seems to me that IBM should be trying to find reason for people to use 
> WDSC, not find ways to get
> > them to stick with SEU/PDM/SDA.
> >
> > Realistic?  Probably not.  (So nobody needs to tell me it will never happen 
> ;-)
> >
> > But from experience, trying to get the ok to use WDSC in a large shop, my 
> best argument has been that
> > we already have a license for the tool and don't have to pay anything extra.
> >
> > Charles
> >
>
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