4 messages in com.perforce.perforce-userPrice
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Bern...@microsoft.com09 Apr 1998 12:17 
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Ping...@MIT.EDU10 Apr 1998 16:32 
Subject:Price
From:dave...@cccpp.com (dave@cccpp.com)
Date:04/09/1998 02:45:31 PM
List:com.perforce.perforce-user

I have no problem with the price hike. Sure, I'd rather see it go down too.
But I guess I weigh the cost per user vs. the productivity per user. Perforce is very easy to
use, presents a desirable usage model, and is rock solid. I compare that to the
nightmare of constantly dealing with the corrupted data base problems my 30+ engineers
lived with over the last 18 months with SourceSafe. Do I think having a SCM that is
reliable is worth an extra $3K per year from my budget ? You bet.

Even if Perforce is higher priced than "several other systems", it seems worth
it to me for a tool which we will use daily.

thanks

- -dave

------Original Message----- From: v-bernit at microsoft.com [SMTP:v-bernit at microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 1998 12:17 PM To: 'perforce-user at perforce.com' Subject: Price

Perforce recently changed their pricing, and hiked the price for <50 users. I understand (and even appreciate) going to a fixed, tiered pricing model for Perforce. But the $100 bump in price puts it above the street prices several other systems. As a customer, obviously I would like the base price at $500, and scale down from there.

Thanks, Bernie

----------------------------- Bernie Thompson (S3, Inc) v-bernit at microsoft.com 425.703.2255 x23336 (Microsoft) 425.861.1194 (Home/Office) Shipping Address: 27S/2231 One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052