Actually, I am trying to address the problem of having to buy a $200 MySQL license for every $50 software product I sell. If you have a solution for this problem I would like to know what it is. This is a licensing issue that I haven't found a good solution for.
John -----Original Message----- From: gerald_clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:49 PM To: John Griffin Cc: David Axmark; Damir Dezeljin; MySQL List Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql Well, then I would buy a $50.00 product using MySQL, and then your $5000.00 product. Oh, and subtract the $500.00 license fee. I already have a license. I prefer to pay a flat fee for each license, not a fee based on the price of your software. John Griffin wrote: >Hello David, > >Since you were kind enough to clarify some matters on licensing I was hoping you >would also be open to suggestions. Instead of charging a flat fee for each copy of >MySQL that is resold why not charge a percentage up to a certain point. It might make >it a bit easier for developers with inexpensive applications to choose your product. >If I know that MySQL is going to be, for example, a constant ten percent of my sale >cost I can price more competitively for the market. The is defiantly a boon for >developers who are selling applications for the forty to sixty dollar market. As they >say, ten percent of something is more than ten percent of nothing. > >If this pricing scheme will not work for MySQL can you please explain why? I am >genuinely curious. > >John > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
