Re: V2R3 to V3R2 upgrade sticker shock

[Pat Barber <MBOCEANSIDE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James W. Kilgore wrote:
> 
> Dave Mahadevan wrote:
> >
> > Carl Galgano wrote:
> > >
> > > I just got off the phone with my friendly hardware/software vendor.  I was
> > > inquiring on a price to upgrade my E04 from V2R3 to V3R2.  After I got up
> > > off the floor I verified that I did hear hime correctly that the price 
>would
> > > be over $9000 for 5 users!!!!
> > >
> > There you go again questioning IBM's motives in pricing.
> >
> > Go figure! :-))
> >
> > Dave Mahadevan..
> >
> Take what they say with a grain of salt....IBM doesn't like this, but if
> you say you have 5 users and have the RPG compiler, they will charge you
> for 5 programmers doing CONCURRENT compiles.
> 
> You can order 5 users, 1 user of RPG, 2 CONCURRENT users of Query, etc.
> 
> Remember you can have 50 terminals, but what you are charged for are the
> number of users active at any given point in time for any given product.
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There is not a per user charge for RPG or Query.....
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