Re: 515 and 525 user licensing

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

albartell wrote:

>   I really
> only use WDS which adds another $3,650 to the price. That is an acceptable
> price if you have 20+ developers in your shop, but for smaller shops, I
> agree, it is too much to bear - especially if somebody is simply trying to
> gain entry to the System i5 world!

If I'm an individual private developer, $3650 is a lousy number to 
consider. I'm not saying that the sum of all the parts received 
doesn't have a lot of value, but I sure don't want to look at 
shelling out that much.

But from a business perspective, it seems a little harder to make a 
decision. Even for a single developer shop, that's not particularly 
far (in either direction depending on how good or bad the pay rate 
is) from a month's salary for a developer.

I don't pay business bills, so I have no doubt that even for a 
business $3650 is painful. I'm only interested in whether or not one 
month's developer salary is a reasonable amount to put on the value 
received. Obviously, if the competition costs only 10%, the pain is 
more intense. I'm curious about the cost standing on its own.

Tom Liotta