Re: SQR Upgrade

[Ray Ontko <rayo@ONTKO.COM>]

John,

I'm not sure how you value the existing license, but if
your prices have gone up substantially since the original
purchase (say 5 years ago), then the perceived cost
is very high.  I know of at least one other customer
that was very frustrated on this count.  They upgraded
from a Vax to an alpha, and the cost to upgrade their
SQR license would have been MORE than the cost of the
machine, operating system, and Oracle license combined.

Applying full credit for the existing license is great,
but where does that leave your existing customers
given your current pricing strategy?

Ray
>
>      Here is a reply from MITI's Direct Sales Manager:
>
>      "SQR license fees are based on multiple variables, not solely
>      geared toward hardware platforms.  MITI does attempt to gear the
>      pricing as precisely as we can to specific computing environments.  We
>      welcome users to contact us at any time for information related to
>      their unique configurations."
>
>      "Regarding license transference, the MITI policy is to apply full
>      credit for the existing license, thus allowing users to retain their
>      full investment in SQR.  This is not necessarily the standard practice
>      in the industry, but we feel that this flexibility is a valuable
>      benefit to our users who employ SQR as an enterprise reporting tool."
>
>      Regards,
>
>      John L. Kellogg
>      MITI Technical Support Manager
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: SQR Upgrade
> Author:  usa.net!SQR-USERS@netcomsv.netcom.com at Internet
> Date:    03/04/96 8:59 AM
>
>
> I've had SQR running here for several years, first on a VAX, then on a Dec 5900
> running Ulrix. My database is Oracle. When I moved from the VAX to the 5900, the
> license transfer was very reasonable. Now I'm moveing to a Digital Alpha 2100 on
> unix, and have found that the license transfer fee is huge. I would like to know
> if others with SQR have had
> similar experiences or if you are looking at any other products to replace SQR?
> Thanks.
>
> __________________________________________________________________ \ Gary Gallup
>                    Information Technology Services_/ | Systems+Database+Network
>      Northwestern Michigan College _/ | gary@nmc.edu                   Traverse
> City, MI 49684 _____/ \_______________________________________________________/
>

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