Terry Simpkins wrote:
 
>I am helping a local school board convert from a 42 to a 932.  They use a
 
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Eric Bender replied:
 
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each time a hardware upgrade is
necesssary, you pay an "upgrade fee"  for software.
 
This is generally true even if you migrate within the same class of machine
(eg. from a 42 to a 70) but is especially the case when you make the big
leap from MPE/V to MPE/ix. I guess the theory is if you can afford more
money for hardware, then the same thing must be true for software.
 
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Many software vendors still structure their pricing based upon hardware tier -
something HP moved away from a few years ago in favor of user-based pricing.  We
purchase software from HP based upon our MPE/iX Unlimited User License, and we
never have paid license upgrade fees; however, when we upgraded our 99x box from
a -100 to a -200, then to a -400, we paid a few of our vendors a whopping
upgrade fee for the privilege because their price list (always ask to see it in
writing!!) specifies a different purchase price for the new system level.  When
we move to a 996, I'm sure we'll have to do it again!
 
 
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