Tony, Don't you think you should preface all your posts with "I am trolling for customers". Now after a month you are now the go to guy for Cache (Notice the spelling), right.
george r smith > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [U2] U2 / Cache > > I am working with Cachi and InterSystems on an almost daily basis now. I > have to say, I've come full circle, from looking at them a couple years > ago > as being a threat to MV, to now seeing them as being what can keep MV > alive > for another generation. The MV emulation within Cachi is very familiar to > anyone who uses Universe, including VOC commands, BASIC, queries, > paragraphs, and so much else. > > Their annual Developer Conference (DevCon) was just a couple weeks ago. I > wrote a pre-conference blog and I intend to write a post-conference recap: > removethisNebula-RnD.com/blog > I haven't written the recap yet because 1) we'll see a recap in the > Spectrum E-newsletter very soon, and 2) because i had so much I wanted to > write (so what else is new?) that I wrote a three article series for > Spectrum Magazine and had to get the first article for the May/June issue > done before I did my blog. > > The Sales guys are just anxious to ensure that the product is acceptable > to > people who are familiar with MV, and they want to understand who is > interested in their software. There's probably a good middleground > between > some companies that don't care what your experience is until you send them > a check, and people who are on top of you to guide your experience. Cut > them some slack, ask them to give you some breathing space, and I'm sure > they'll calm down. :) > > About price - their model is very "creative". While they do have a base > price for licensing, the model (as I understand it) is to negotiate each > sale, not to quote a flat rate and let you walk away with pricing as the > primary consideration, enticement, or discouragement for or against a > sale. > It's an interesting model - play the game and see if you like it, rather > than expecting the normal flat model that everyone else uses. Consider > this, I believe their annual revenue is greater than that for all of the > other MV market licenses combined - there are obviously a lot of companies > out there who appreciate this creative model, so I think we should each > check it out for ourselves. > > If you have questions about Cachi, including scalability, security, > performance, etc, I suppose I can serve as a resource for this, and as a > conduit/liaison for anyone who'd like to get familiar with the software. > > HTH > Tony Gravagno > Nebula Research and Development > TG@ remove.this.part.pleaseNebula-RnD.com > > > will wrote: > > The on-line demo of Cache looked good to me. What I didn't like > > the almost immediate sales call after the down load. The bloke > > who called demanded to know everything about my company and its > > products and everything I had done or ever might do in using their > > product and refused to give me a price. Do you have a price for a > > license? Does anyone have it actually performing? Thanks, > > Will > > Nick Cipollina wrote: > > > > We are evaluating Cache. I really like it. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nick Cipollina > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of will > > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 1:44 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [U2] U2 / mv.net > > > > Has there been an evaluation of Cache on this list? > > > > Will > > > > Nick Cipollina wrote: > > > > We are using C#, and that is because we are a C# shop. At the moment > > > > we > > > > are not using mv.Net, although we have evaluated the product. It is a > > nice product. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nick Cipollina > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George > > > > Hammerle > > > > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 11:30 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [U2] U2 / mv.net > > > > Hello Nick, > > > > I think the main reason we are using VB ( vb.NET ) with mv.Net > > is that we have some people with a lot of VB experience but little to > > none C# experience. Which language are you using or planning to use? > > > > And > > > > are you using mv.NET? > > > > Thanks, George > > > > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:40:02 -0400 > > From: "Nick Cipollina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [U2] U2 / mv.net > > > > Hello, > > > > I'm curious, how many of you that are using .Net are using VB as > > > > opposed > > > > to C#? And why? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nick Cipollina > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
