>Please, shut up until you've done so, then report back on whether Apple
has
>been flexible or not (although I'm sure the rep will ask you not to
comment
>on specifics).
Please post such comments on the newly proposed webojects-talk list.
>Generally false. You assume they will all be using it 100% of their time.
>The new system does not simply get to 50 transactions in one minute and
then
>stop. There is some averaging involved, so that in some minutes you can
get
>a much heavier load.
You are simply wrong. I AM assuming that all are using it 100% of the time
because they ARE using it 100% of a time. Have you ever heard of insurance
claims management? The users are constantly on the phone collecting
accident facts and entering them in the system.
-Afshin Behnia
-----Original Message-----
From: mmalcolm crawford [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 10:46 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Unfair WO4 pricing - the attitude of apple
Afshin wrote:
> Obviously any price in the world is subject to negociation, but I
> don't want to bother others about any terms that we strike up with Apple.
>
Please, shut up until you've done so, then report back on whether Apple has
been flexible or not (although I'm sure the rep will ask you not to comment
on specifics).
You wrote earlier:
> 2. I know simultaneous users != total users, but in the case of intranet
> applications, where users come in at 9AM and leave at 5PM and use the app
> in between, simultaneous users usually DOES equal total users.
>
Generally false. You assume they will all be using it 100% of their time.
The new system does not simply get to 50 transactions in one minute and
then
stop. There is some averaging involved, so that in some minutes you can
get
a much heavier load.
I think you are being far too harsh on Apple here -- in general the new
system makes a lot more sense. If you had had 51 users and Apple had said
"OK, so you owe us $17,499" would you have paid up?
mmalc.
