On Jul 14, 2005, at 2:31 PM, McKown, John wrote:
I tried looking at WSED, but I cannot figure out how to get a simple
price. I don't have the authority to contact a sales person, myself.
Plus, I don't like talking to sales people. They are almost as bad as
lawyers for "weasel words" (sorry, but that's my experience). And I'm
not going to ask our VP to do it if he's going to get a reply along
the
lines of "it's only about $1,000,000 for an initial license, then
$10,000 per seat per year (upgrade fees not included)." I'll look
like a
complete moron. I try to avoid that. Makes you wonder why I post
questions here, doesn't it? <GRIN>
Now, if somebody here knows the cost and is willing to share, I'd be
very interested in reading.
I got the impression that it was about 5k-6k per workstation. If IBM
released a personal edition, ala Visual Studio -- around the $99-$199
pricepoint, I'd be happy to buy my own and take it to work. It
really is a cool tool.
But you still need TSO with it (and ISPF? as well), so there is no
money to be saved by ditching those two venerable products. I just
don't see many shops doing full upgrades of their development
environment at these prices.
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