Re: Cost of RDP

On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:40:36 -0500, Joe Pluta wrote:

But if I'm not mistaken this particular thread is about people shelling
out their own cash for a tool. At that point, it really is all about
you. The answer is different if I use the tool every day in my
consulting business or if I only use it a couple of times a month. My
guess is that IBM isn't going to price their tools for the casual user,
so the $800 initial investment is either worth it or it isn't. Since a
development laptop is more than that, I think it may be a reasonable (if
not entirely painless) price to pay. And once you've gotten past that
price, is $20 a month worth it to keep the tool supported and up to
date? Only you can answer that.

Joe

On the other hand, If I (for instance) were to shell out a few bucks to
get the latest and greatest, the others in my shop would see the
advantages and want it. I've actually gotten most of them to give up on
SEU by showing them the advantages of WDSc. It took a while, but it did
happen. I was an early adopter of client access too, and I got that for
free as a result. It's not without precedent.