Did a search on Cnet for Cache', and they said price was between $125 and $100,000.
Says max price is 100,000 which is somewhat promising, but says absolutely nothing
about licensing.
There is a $125 option, though. (single CPU, 1 connection, usable 4 hours per week?)
Here's the link:
http://enterprise.cnet.com/enterprise/0-9514-701-1751607.html?tag=st.cn.sr.it.1
-- David
Steve Nelson wrote:
> i think it's REALLY expensive. Of course they don't post their price
> list. Another IMDB (in memory database) is TimesTen
> (http://www.timesten.com). When i was looking at timesten they quoted
> me $20,000 for the first server and $10,000 for each additional server.
> This was a while ago, so their prices may have changed.
>
> Steve
>
> "McCollough, Alan" wrote:
> >
> > Fellas, to tell ya what I know, I haven't a clue what it costs. However, our
> > institution uses a patient care database that lives off of one of the
> > components of Cache. As a result, we have alredy purchased the licneses we
> > need to use Cache' for our environment. I haven't a clue what the licensing
> > costs; howeve, I've heard from other folks around my office that its a lot
> > cheaper than Microsoft; and that Intersystems (the makers of Cahce') is far
> > more liberal in their licensing policy than MS.
> >
> > I agree with y'all about their website having the dreaded "call for pricing"
> > thing, though. I'm a firm believer in the "Just say what the darn thing
> > costs, okay?" system.
> >
> > Alan McCollough
> > Web Programmer
> > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
> > Alaska Native Medical Center
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Hal Helms [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 11:01 AM
> > > To: Fusebox
> > > Subject: RE: Want to be robbed blind by M$ ???
> > >
> > > Alan,
> > >
> > > How expensive is the thing? I always worry when I see a "Call for pricing"
> > > sticker...
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: McCollough, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:19 PM
> > > To: Fusebox
> > > Subject: RE: Want to be robbed blind by M$ ???
> > >
> > >
> > > Sorry about that. Cache is a RDBMS, like MS SQL or Oracle. They call it a
> > > "Post-Relational Database", and of course, have tons of jargon about how
> > > incredible it is, but I've looked at it quite a bit, and actually, its
> > > mega-slick.
> > >
> > > We already have it running here in-house, I've just never used it for my
> > > purposes.
> > >
> > > One thing interesting about Cache is that it is based heavily on UML
> > > concepts; instead of databases, tables, fields, etc., you have Classes,
> > > Methods, Properties, etc... Quite object oriented. Fits in tightly with
> > > FUseML.
> > >
> > > For us, at least, we already have tons of licenses for Cache, so we don't
> > > need to shell out $$$$$$$ for licensing. That makes it a no-brainer for
> > > us.
> > > So its Heave-Ho, MS SQL is gonna go.
> > >
> > > Alan McCollough
> > > Web Programmer
> > > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
> > > Alaska Native Medical Center
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Josh [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 8:59 AM
> > > > To: Fusebox
> > > > Subject: Re: Want to be robbed blind by M$ ???
> > > >
> > > > You keep saying "Cache", is this a standalone DB or what? Some sort of
> > > > cool tool?
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