Comments on: Pricing Models http://www.ensight.org/2004/10/pricing-models/ A Personal Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 18:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Johnathan Javinen http://www.ensight.org/2004/10/pricing-models/#comment-3565 Johnathan Javinen Sun, 26 Jun 2005 08:58:08 +0000 /?p=1441#comment-3565 <strong>MP3 Player In Car </strong> Pricing Models MP3 Player In Car

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]]> By: Jeremy C. Wright http://www.ensight.org/2004/10/pricing-models/#comment-3562 Jeremy C. Wright Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:28:30 +0000 /?p=1441#comment-3562 No, I'm not mixing them. Put it this way, what drives server side requirements? More than anything else, the number of clients connecting does. It's the whole "where do you store your bread" argument. Some people prefer to store it client side, others server side. Neither model will work in every circumstance. A per-employee one won't work in our nursing wards. A per-workstation one doesn't scale well and requires intricate license management. Per-CPU makes a lot of sense in a flexible environment where you know your upper and lower license boundaries. One day there might be 7,000 people here and the next day might see 9,000. In that kind of situation we require flexible licensing, something Sun's licensing just couldn't give us. No, I’m not mixing them. Put it this way, what drives server side requirements? More than anything else, the number of clients connecting does. It’s the whole “where do you store your bread” argument. Some people prefer to store it client side, others server side.

Neither model will work in every circumstance. A per-employee one won’t work in our nursing wards. A per-workstation one doesn’t scale well and requires intricate license management.

Per-CPU makes a lot of sense in a flexible environment where you know your upper and lower license boundaries. One day there might be 7,000 people here and the next day might see 9,000. In that kind of situation we require flexible licensing, something Sun’s licensing just couldn’t give us.

]]> By: Allison Moira http://www.ensight.org/2004/10/pricing-models/#comment-3561 Allison Moira Wed, 20 Oct 2004 03:40:31 +0000 /?p=1441#comment-3561 You're mixing apples and organges, clients and servers - Sun's model makes total sense for server-side services. Per employee is the only reasonable model, and rewards businesses for being efficient (and for using the net to reach customers). Client side licenses are just plain dumb, decoupled from the services they render. You’re mixing apples and organges, clients and servers – Sun’s model makes total sense for server-side services. Per employee is the only reasonable model, and rewards businesses for being efficient (and for using the net to reach customers).

Client side licenses are just plain dumb, decoupled from the services they render.

]]> By: Mike Hillyer http://www.ensight.org/2004/10/pricing-models/#comment-3560 Mike Hillyer Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:21:22 +0000 /?p=1441#comment-3560 Aah, see, we at MySQL have them all beat! Just a single per-server license fee, regardless on how many chips/cores/users/workstations/sheep are involved! Now that's a hard one to argue against! ;) Aah, see, we at MySQL have them all beat! Just a single per-server license fee, regardless on how many chips/cores/users/workstations/sheep are involved! Now that’s a hard one to argue against! ;)

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