Terry observes........

>
>Just to make one more point on tiers
>
>I just upgraded from a 957 to a 959/200.
>You might ask why a 959/200 instead of a 969?  Because one of my software
>vendors had such a strange tier structure, that a 959/400 is actually in a
>lower tier than a 969/120!   go figure.
>
>
Time to insist on User-Based pricing, I'd say.
I have an intense dislike for this upgrade mentality, as well as stupid
copy protection schemes that ALWAYS fail when first installed, and this
ALWAYS occurs over weekends/at midnight when the Vendor offers ABOLUTELY
no support.

I have come across instances where (no names mentioned) a customer was
able to buy and fund a powerful development machine with a five
developer license, as well as a huge CPU upgrade with a user runtime
license for the same price (or less) than the Huge Upgrade with full
development. Very Silly Indeed.

Neil