Re: RDI and RDI-SOA pricing change

Joe,

Thanks for replying. You're exactly right about getting RDi-SOA over
RBD--it's a much more attractive package at a far better price. That was
my point. As far as the newness of the product mattering, that's probably
me just expressing my disappointment. It really doesn't matter regarding
the price. But the "new" perception with IBM isn't always received well
when it comes to software strategies. Right or wrong, management (not
just at my organization, but in the industry in general) often perceives
IBM as changing their software strategy and abandoning what people have
previously invested in. I guess that's why the price would matter.
Management won't want to dump a bunch of money into a product they fear
IBM is going to abandon. From everything you've so often shared and from
what I've seen myself, I really doubt that IBM will abandon EGL anytime
soon. It's a tremendous language with great promise.

Michael

wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/30/2008 04:56:06 PM:

----- Message from Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Thu, 30
Oct 2008 15:53:06 -0500 -----

You're still better off getting RDi-SOA, even if you buy full licenses,
at least from a SWMA standpoint. Think about it: you get RDi plus RBD,
so essentially the RBD piece is $1200 or $240 a year in SWMA. Although
I don't understand the phrase "before we would pay that much to support
a product which IBM is marketing as new".

While I agree that $600 a seat for maintenance is pretty high, you
wouldn't pay anywhere near that much if you just got RDi-SOA. Next, why

does the "new" or "not new" status of the tool matter to the price?
Seriously, I'm having a senior moment here (I gave sessions essentially
non-stop for four days and evidently not enough brain cells are
functioning to follow the reasoning).

Joe