1. Do you mean U2DevZone? You should see an article on that next week in the U2 News Flash--you are subscribed, right? If not, go to: http://goo.gl/G1uem **
I mean products like DataVu, Web DE and VisualStudio add ins. At least offer scaled down solutions for public use (like the watered down version of Reporting Services Microsoft gives away with SS Express 08 r2). These are the products that attract users 'cause let's face it, not many people get excited about dictionaries now-a-days. Anything related to connectivity shouldn't be sold separately, to me in this day and age, connectivity is one of the defining factors in what makes a database. 2. Please email us at [email protected] with more info on what you are thinking of. We are doing some work in this area. Or you can post here. What would you do with it? ** I have a number of small applications that are currently using a SS 2008 express r2 database and probably could for the next 15 years and not run into the limits imposed by the express version. I would wager there is a lot of applications out there like this. Wouldn't it be beneficial to have a watered down version available that a least give people the option of using U2? I would think that having people on a free version of U2 would be of more benefit to you then people using SQL server express, postgresql, etc. 3. And replace it with what? We are open to suggestions and actively looking at other models but more "in addition to" rather than "instead of" There has to be a reasonable middle ground and some options. We purchased UniVerse in 95 so I'm not sure where the prices are currently, but there are like 8 different versions of SQL server -- All of varying costs and limitations. Having the per proc and CAL (which are more flexible then seats) options helps as well. I can buy a single proc web only license for like $4k. I can serve A LOT of requests with a single proc web only database license. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jacie Burhans Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [U2] Why Pick U2? 1. Do you mean U2DevZone? You should see an article on that next week in the U2 News Flash--you are subscribed, right? If not, go to: http://goo.gl/G1uem 2. Please email us at [email protected] with more info on what you are thinking of. We are doing some work in this area. Or you can post here. What would you do with it? 3. And replace it with what? We are open to suggestions and actively looking at other models but more "in addition to" rather than "instead of" 4. An interesting idea. I'll take it back to the team to discuss. A pretty big change for us though. Jackie Burhans Rocket U2 Holt, Jake wrote: > > "If Rocket asked you what you want, what would you say" > > 1. make the site publically available, stop hiding information and > ancillary tools (like whatever your new redback replacement is) behind > maintenance/registration. Make these available publically 2. Offer a > semi-crippled version of U2 that is usable in production (size limit, > connection marshaller, processor/memory limits, etc) for free. > 3 . Drop per-seat licensing > 4. Change maintenance to support contracts and allow users to > patch/update within their current version. > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Why-Pick-U2--tp32061959p32062398.html Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
