Chuck,

It is this kind of pricing mentality that brought about the demise of the HP3K.

I can think of several vendors that think they should be rewarded when a
customer what's to improve performance by adding additional CPU's.  Even if
that additional CPU is for a different application.

The money we're talking about is not nickel and dime stuff either.  One vendor,
let's call them Vendor E, wanted over 200K just to add a fourth processor to a
979.  The fourth processor was need for a home grown warehousing application.

This pricing stucture is also what is pushing Linux.  Come on, you didn't think
Linux was advancing because it was a better alternative.

-Craig


--- Chuck Ryan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It's support contract renewal time here so forgive me as I go off on a
> bit of a rant...
>
> While some vendor's have been reasonable about the new reality of the
> post sales HP 3000 world others seem determined to rip as many dollars
> from our wallets as they can by using the licensing keys for their
> products as a weapon.
>
> Since the future of OpenMPE is far to unsure to bet a business on we
> have frozen the current state of our 3000 and are moving to other
> platforms. One vendor in particular, let us call him Vendor C, is being
> particularly greedy and even though no new development is being done
> using his product, and we have not used phone support for anything other
> than to request temporary license keys for disaster recovery testing nor
> are we installing any updated versions, Vendor C is insisting that we
> pay the normal fee for phone and upgrade support or they will not
> provide the license keys for testing or in the event of a real disaster.
>
> While I personally learned many years ago to never do new business with
> Vendor C, as they are well known for their love of other peoples money,
> perhaps it would be a good idea for us to share information about
> unfriendly vendors. This way others may be forewarned before they choose
> to use these vendors on the 3000 or as they move to new platforms and
> perhaps some lost revenue will cause them to rethink their position.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Comments are my own, not my employer's... Etc.
>
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