| Subject | Re: [IBDI] Certified Release of InterBase 6 - Change to Connections per User |
|---|---|
| Author | Paul Reeves |
| Post date | 2001-05-11T13:02:57Z |
Andrew McKelvie wrote:
that you must purchase licences for each user the four connections per user
thing left the whole policy open to abuse. Now it is clarified. I am sure that
is their thinking. And the only guide to whether it is right or not will be in
the year end accounts.
Of course, they have now alienated yet another group of customers, so it doesn't
seem commercially to be a sensible decision. But then commerce, sense and
InterBase parted ways quite a while ago (imo).
Paul
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Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
taking InterBase further
>No. But thanks for bringing this to our attention.
> We have been testing the certified release of InterBase 6 and discovered
> that instead of allowing 4 connections per user license you now only get 1.
> This has been confirmed by our Borland representative.
>
> The questions that spring to mind are:
>
> 1) Were any of you aware of this change to the licensing, as we haven't been
> told of the change?
> 2) Why haven't Borland reduced the cost of the license by 3/4 to compensate?I'm not that they they should, necessarily. Despite the licence clearly stating
that you must purchase licences for each user the four connections per user
thing left the whole policy open to abuse. Now it is clarified. I am sure that
is their thinking. And the only guide to whether it is right or not will be in
the year end accounts.
Of course, they have now alienated yet another group of customers, so it doesn't
seem commercially to be a sensible decision. But then commerce, sense and
InterBase parted ways quite a while ago (imo).
> 3) Is Firebird 1.0 for Win32 going to be ready soon?It is coming on. We are hoping to see a Beta One shortly.
Paul
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Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
taking InterBase further