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Björn Eiderbäök  
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 More options Sep 27 2005, 7:34 am
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From: Björn Eiderbäök <bjo...@nada.kth.se>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:34:48 GMT
Local: Tues, Sep 27 2005 7:34 am
Subject: Re: VW pricing
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OCIT wrote:
> We happen to combine a lot of open source with VisualWorks here at our
> shop. You get what you pay for. I may be quite happy with using an open
> source black box like an Apache server but that is entirely different
> proposition than a development environment.

I know.
But still you often get this kind of reaction.

> The one person company can use a Non-commercial license until it makes
> sense for him to "go commercial". If you are making money is 6% really
> that much? That is less than NYC sales tax. If you sell something for
> $100.00 is giving Cincom six lousy bucks that much of a deal? Six
> dollars for hands down the best enterprise development platform in the
> planet?

I agree, but I have gotten this reaction from many newcomers (sometimes
students) that maybe want to use Smalltalk to hack something that maybe,
or maybe not, will give some money. Maybe they count on a profit not
exceeding $500. It would maybe be nice to have a lower limit.

> I don't work for Cincom but I am a customer.

> -Charles

Björn

 
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