Re: Cost of RDP

[Pete Hall <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:40:36 -0500, Joe Pluta wrote:
> But if I'm not mistaken this particular thread is about people shelling
> out their own cash for a tool.  At that point, it really is all about
> you.  The answer is different if I use the tool every day in my
> consulting business or if I only use it a couple of times a month.  My
> guess is that IBM isn't going to price their tools for the casual user,
> so the $800 initial investment is either worth it or it isn't.  Since a
> development laptop is more than that, I think it may be a reasonable (if
> not entirely painless) price to pay.  And once you've gotten past that
> price, is $20 a month worth it to keep the tool supported and up to
> date?  Only you can answer that.
>
> Joe

On the other hand, If I (for instance) were to shell out a few bucks to 
get the latest and greatest, the others in my shop would see the 
advantages and want it. I've actually gotten most of them to give up on 
SEU by showing them the advantages of WDSc. It took a while, but it did 
happen. I was an early adopter of client access too, and I got that for 
free as a result. It's not without precedent.