Re: iSociety Fireside Chat recording available?

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I guess the 20% (which would be $160/yr) maintenance wouldn't be a such 
> challenge to get approved *IF* the SWMA which covered it in the past (at 
> least theoretically) gets reduced.  But that's probably not going to 
> happen--at least I haven't heard any rumors/rumblings of that.
>
>   
It depends on the number of users, Michael.  The compilers are also 
seat-based, so the SWMA on those could theoretically be smaller.  I say 
theoretically because the current model uses price points that are a bit 
high, in my opinion.  I think the price point for just RDi and the ILE 
compilers is equivalent to half the cost of the current WDS for a P05.  
So if you went to purely ILE and RDi for two users, your SWMA would 
remain roughly the same.

IBM's response though is that the price for WDS hasn't risen appreciably 
in several years.  I'm not sure that's a great point to hang your hat on 
but they're sticking to it <grin>.

Joe