More fP sockets pricing insanity

[Dennis Malen]

Bravo Nancy!!

It is important that a win win environment is instituted by FP. They have a 
great product but they don't let anyone use  it to capitalize on its 
inherent value.

Programmers like yourself could add great value to FP and at the same time 
increase its user base with little marketing costs involved.

That business plan would benefit all of us.

Dennis Malen
516.479.5912
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nancy Palmquist" <nlp at vss3.com>
To: "filePro Mailing List" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: More fP sockets pricing insanity


> Guys,
>
> Mark, although your pricing was a little high, look at this for a user 
> that wants to develop a single user application that needs a socket.  I 
> write my fab application and now I want to sell it.
>
> I will need:
>
> 1 single user runtime - $95.
> 5 user socket license - $975
>
> Total cost for my runtimes: $1070.  That is before I add any profit to pay 
> for my time and trouble.
>
> I think that prices it right out of the market.  Now if I could pay maybe 
> $25/user for sockets, you might have a marketable possibility.
>
> I think the per user cost for ODBC - much more powerful in capability - is 
> only $35.
>
> I have not even mentioned the user issue for normal stuff.  Don't get me 
> started.
>
> fpTechnologies insists on keeping the image that they are old-fashioned 
> and out of step with the industry and who am I to make those descisions, I 
> am insignificant.  (What I really am, is a good representation of a 
> filePro developer trying to market applications written in filePro and the 
> issues and conserns that entails.  I think that makes me a bit unique 
> because most customers are single companies, in-house developers or custom 
> installations.)
>
> Sorry I just could not help myself with the pity party stuff.
>
> Nancy
>
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