Re: complaint about pricing

The last time we purchased a trade-up license, it was $685. Every year
there's a price increase to cover inflation, etc. I haven't tracked
exactly what it comes to. I understand you may not have been involved in
the details of the original purchase, but it is pretty clearly labeled as
"...License and SW Subscription & Support 12 Months". The general
pricing is available at: http://tinyurl.com/RDi-pricing which points to:
https://www-112.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/buyingtools/paexpress/Express?part_number=D0C5FLL%2CD0C5ILL%2CD0LJWLL%2CD0ZN3LL%2CD0ZN4LL%2CD0ZNSLL%2CD0ZN5LL&catalogLocale=en_US&Locale=en_US&country=USA&PT=jsp&CC=USA&VP=&TACTICS=%26S_TACT%3D%26S_CMP%3D%26brand%3Dnone&ibm-submit=Ready+to+buy

There is a fixed term license for $740, but you've got to buy the whole
thing every 12 months. As Vernon notes below, be sure somebody is
tracking when support ends. If it lapses, getting SW subscription and
support back has some extra charges.

wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 10/19/2013 01:00:05 PM:

----- Message from Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Fri,
18 Oct 2013 13:15:12 -0500 -----

To:

Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Subject:

Re: [WDSCI-L] complaint about pricing

The list price for RDi - single-user license - is about $940 bucks - not

sure where the $1246 is coming from, unless you have more than the basic

RPG/COBOL option.

I also don't know when the program was instituted, but there is a
tradeup from ADTS that is currently priced at maybe less than $600 a
seat - check with your BP.

I just hope out BP keeps us informed about maintenance - coming through
Passport Advantage, you are supposed to be notified - through BP
channels, only if the BP is diligent.

HTH
Vern

On 10/18/2013 12:51 PM, dale janus wrote:

I just need to vent a little.

For the past 6 years (and next 3) we lease a new IBM i. (the smallest
one). We lease the hardware, and buy hardware and software

maintenance

for 3 years.

So 3 years ago , we got version 8 of RDI (or whatever it was called)

for

around $1200-$1800.
I skipped the upgrade to 8.5 based on the negative feedback from this

forum.

So recently I posted about a problem I was having in RDI and the fix

was

'upgrade to version 8.5'. So I figure why not go to 9?

Imagine my surprise when I discovered I only had a 1 year license and
have to pay $1246 to upgrade.

As a long time IBM i user, I expect to buy all my software for the

same

term. Yes, I understand RDI is from a different division of IBM. But
that is not my concern. I just want to buy the software I need all at
the same time for the same term.

Now maybe my business partner made a mistake. But if IBM wants us to
use RDI, then it should be sold on the same terms as os/400 and other
licensed products. IBM should do the work of packaging products
together, not the customer.

Sorry I just needed to complain to someone.

---Dale