From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.opengl
Subject: Re: OpenGl vs PEX
Date: 7 Oct 92 00:55:12 GMT
Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO
Originator: tchrist@pixel.convex.com
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              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

From the keyboard of mcsavaney_d@apollo.hp.com (#David McSavaney):
:Unfortunately SGI has adopted a three tiered software pricing structure
:similar to the software pricing structure used by many companies
:or products (take OSF's DCE pricing for example). 

Things could be worse...

--tom


	      TLA Software Inc. Pricebook
	      --------------------------


    Item        Price
    ---------------------
1   /bin/cat   $1000
        -v       250
        -n       150
        -b       125
        -u       175
        -s       150
        -u       125
        -e       100
        -t       100

        Or buy them all for just $2000 and receive a $175 discount!

	Note that all prices are per-user.  Thus, if you want 5 users to
	be able to use these, multiply by 5.  If you want merely N
	concurrent users, you want floating licenses, there's a 25%
	premium charge on being able to float the licences, so it would
	cost (N_users * base_price) * 1.25.

    Furthermore, cat remembers how many characters you read and write and
    charges you based on ho wmany kilocharacters you've catted:

        /bin/cat
                0-1000 kchars/month     $.005/kchar
                1000-5000 kchars/month  $.004/kchar
                5000-10000 kchars/month $.002/kchar
                10000+ kchars/month     $.001/kchar



    Item         Price 
    ---------------------
2   sendmail    $5000
        w/DNS    2500
        w/YP     1500
        w/DBM    1000
     +security
      bug fixes  8000

      This is to handle up to 100 messages a day.  For 101-500 messages,
      add 20%, for 501-1000 messages, add 40% to the previous 120%,
      for 1001-5000 messages, add 60% to the previous 168%, and for
      infinite message delivery, it's just 11% over the previous
      268.8%, or 300% the base price.

      Alternatively, if the per-message fee structure is unattractive, a
      per-kchar price structure at 5x the /bin/cat rate is also
      available.  (The increased price per kbyte is because mail is much
      more important that merely catted data.)


    Item         Price 
    ---------------------
3   passwd      $4000

            add on price    feature decription

                 3000       shadow passwords
                 2000       password qualification
                 1750       password aging
                 1500       DBM
                 1250       account expiration/activation
                 1250       disable login after invalid attempts
                  750       autologout
                  500       autolockscreen
                  500       dialpass and portpass passwords
                  500       access hours

    Or get the whole package for just $15000, a $2000 discount!

    Note that this is only for 0-50 users.  For more users, you 
    must pay a premium as follows:

    Users      Multiplier

    0-50        1
    51-100      1.25
    101-200     1.5
    201-500     2
    501-1000    3
    1001+       5

    (Note that the DBM option is required for all packages
    over 200 users)

    Furthermore, there is minimal charge ($0.05) each time the
    crypt(3) call is run.  This makes password crackers pay
    to crack your passwords.


-- 
    Tom Christiansen      tchrist@convex.com      convex!tchrist
You all look like happy campers to me.  Happy campers you are, happy
campers you have been, and, as far as I am concerned, happy campers you
will always be.  --Dan Quayle to the American Samoans.