As you may know, WO4 is priced very differently than 3.51
The 3.51 deployment licensing was (per server machine):
$7,499 for up to 50 named users, unlimited CPUs
$17,499 for up to 200 named users, unlimited CPUs
$24,999 for unlimited users, one CPU
$49,999 for unlimited users, unlimited CPUs
The new 4.0 licensing is no longer based on named users, but
transaction/minuted (tpm) instead. The deployment licenses are:
$7,499 for up to 100 tpm, one CPU
$24,999 for unlimited tpm, one CPU
$49,999 for unlimited tpm, unlimited CPUs
The problem with this new licensing is that at the $7499 level, 100 tpm is
useless! Our application hits over 25 tpm with ONE user using the app
normally, so 100 tpm should be only good enough for 4 concurrent users max,
versus the 50 users under the old licensing. What Apple has done,
effectively, is that it has eliminated the $7499 and $17499 levels and is
making smaller clients purchase the $24,999 instead.
How about making some noise so Apple reconsiders its new licensing?
Afshin Behnia
afshin at worldclique dot com
