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Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

Title:DEC Rdb against the World
Moderator:HERON::GODFRIND
Created:Fri Jun 12 1987
Last Modified:Thu Feb 23 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1348
Total number of notes:5438

179.0. "Remote License option?" by SKYLRK::MCMICKIN (Pam McMickin) Mon Aug 22 1988 22:41

    The price book includes a VAX Rdb/VMS Remote Application Access
    licensing option, but this is not mentioned in the SPD (in VTX).  Does
    this licensing option still exist?  I hope so, since last year we
    estimated some costs for this customer based on it. 
    
    Thanks.
    
    
    			-- Pam McMicki
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179.1No RemoteNOVA::BERENSONVAX Rdb/VMS VeteranTue Aug 23 1988 00:385
No, this option no longer exists.  Even if it did, your cost estimates
would be invalid because all of the prices were changed!

Existing Remote licensees with support contracts are being given
run-time only licenses (which are a superset of the remote license).
179.2Oh Dear!!!SKYLRK::MCMICKINPam McMickinWed Aug 24 1988 20:3210
    This a government contract site and it is necessary to make estimates
    far in advance of actual purchase.  The cost estimates would have
    differed from the  actual cost but not by a significant amount. 
    
    The customer has about 16 microVAXs which will feed data to a central
    database. We convinced them to migrate from Ingres to RDB and one of the
    factors was cost.  We now have the happy job of informing them that the
    real cost will be more than triple our original est
    
    			--- Pam McMickin