Okay, a sliver more detail, somebody in house says each client is $200. That
ain't exactly cheap, but since we've already got the licenses, for me, its
full steam ahead!
Alan McCollough
Web Programmer
Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
Alaska Native Medical Center
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lakein [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:37 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: Re: Want to be robbed blind by M$ ???
>
> 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?
> > > > {redacted]
> > > >
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