Re: RD Power 8.5.1 image on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise

Jon,

Just thinking aloud here, but I'd expect VERY LARGE organizations would find this attractive. If the IT department employs many developers, some of whom may work remotely, this would be a perfect alternative to their having to send their computing device back to home office for install. Probably not as attractive for small business, but still useful for large accounts... This would be even more helpful in cases where Rational Team Concert is cloud hosted.

-Eric DeLong

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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RD Power 8.5.1 image on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise


On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 at 16:51:58, Eric Simpson <esimpson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, the current RD Power image is under the Bring Your Own License model.
There are other models, such as Pay As You Go, where you do not need to
have already purchased a license (the hourly charge is higher). But,
currently RD Power image only provides the Bring Your Own License option.

OK Eric - sorry but now I'm confused again. If I own a license to RDp _and_ need a PC to access the service it seems to me that the only thing I gain is that I'm saved the trouble of installing the software. The cost of that convenience is that instead of setting up RDp, I have to set up an account etc., "rent" the server that runs the image, and, since that server is Linux, I will need to be (somewhat) familiar with the Red Hat interface to use it. I know cloud computing is trendy but I just don't see why anyone would bother.

Can anybody else see what I'm missing here?


Jon Paris

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